Stigma, shame, and women's limited agency in help-seeking for intimate partner violence (English)

In Tanzania, 44 percent of women experience intimate partner violence (IPV) in their lifetime, but the majority never seeks help, and many never tell anyone about their experience. Even among the minority of women who seek support, only 10 percent access formal services. The author’s research explored the social and structural barriers that render Tanzanian women unable to exercise agency in this critical domain of their lives. The authors collected...

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Mccleary-Sills,Jennifer Diane;

Namy, Sophie;

Nyoni, Joyce;

Rweyemamu, Datius;

Salvatory, Adrophina;

Steven, Ester;
Document Date
2015/06/08
Document Type
Journal Article
Report Number
100203
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Tanzania,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2017/01/09
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Stigma, shame, and women's limited agency in help-seeking for intimate partner violence
Keywords
form of violence against woman

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Mccleary-Sills,Jennifer Diane; Namy, Sophie; Nyoni, Joyce; Rweyemamu, Datius; Salvatory, Adrophina; Steven, Ester.

Stigma, shame, and women's limited agency in help-seeking for intimate partner violence (English). Author accepted manuscript Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/503171483962012939

Stigma, shame, and women's limited agency in help-seeking for intimate partner violence (English)

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