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Violence Against Women and Children Following the 2011 Great East Japan Disaster

Making the Invisible Visible Through Research

Bibliographic Data

ID12436017
AuthorsMieko Yoshihama (0000-0002-6256-2071, University of Michigan School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, USA, corresponding author), Tomoko Yunomae (PhotoVoice Project, Tokyo, Japan), Azumi Tsuge (Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan), Keiko Ikeda (0000-0003-4864-8597, University of Shizuoka), Reiko Masai (Women’s Net Kobe, Japan)
Year2018
Volume25
Issue7
Pages862-881
Publication date2018-10-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801218802642
PMID30322348
OpenAlexW2896563619
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited32

This study reports on 82 unduplicated cases of violence against women and children after the Great East Japan Disaster of March 2011. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire from informants who worked with the disaster-affected populations. In addition to domestic violence, reported cases involved sexual assault and unwanted sexual contact, including quid pro quo assault perpetrated by nonintimates. Perpetrators often exploited a sense of fear, helplessness, and powerlessness and used threats to force compliance with sexual demands in exchange for life-sustaining resources. Findings point to the urgent need to develop measures to prevent and respond to postdisaster gender-based violence

Criminology · Domestic violence · Injury prevention · Learned helplessness · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Psychiatry · Sexual violence · Status quo · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Disaster Management and Resilience · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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