Women's Rights, Domestic Violence, and Recourse Seeking in Rural Bangladesh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12436679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sidney Ruth Schuler (0000-0002-2870-6254, Academy of Educational Development, Washington, D.C., corresponding author), Lisa M Bates (0000-0003-4662-8189, Columbia University School of Public Health, New York), Farzana Islam (0000-0001-7317-5889, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 326-345 |
| Publication date | 2008-02-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Violence Against Women (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1077801207313970 |
| PMID | 18292373 |
| OpenAlex | W2122657344 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 31 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article seeks to deepen understanding of the reasons that abused women in a resource-poor rural setting seek recourse so seldom and with so little success. Data from in-depth interviews and group discussions are used to explore the range of responses to domestic violence and to examine barriers to recourse seeking. Findings illustrate how the combination of poverty and gender inequality, inequities in the legal framework, and patriarchal attitudes and corruption in both formal and informal institutions at the local level discourage abused women from seeking recourse and decrease the likelihood of a favorable outcome when they do
Criminology · Domestic violence · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Inequality · Language change · Poison control · Political science · Poverty · Resource (disambiguation · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Sex work and related issues
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| Unique citing works | 31 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,72 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 31 |