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12. Understanding Costs of Violence Against Women and the Need for Contextualisation

Author : Manasi Bhattacharyya

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Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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Abstract

Violence against women and girls undermines women's fundamental human rights affecting one in three women in the world at all stages of their lives. Women are exposed to physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence irrespective of their age, education or income groups. Violence against women has immediate and long-term health consequences for women and girls. In extreme cases, it can be lethal, resulting in death. Violence also severely impacts women's economic participation and care work. The socio-economic impacts of violence against women and girls at the individual/household and the community levels contribute to the nation's social and economic costs. The social and economic costs of violence against women is significant. Globally, progress on the elimination of violence against women and girls has been slow. Women's equality and empowerment (SDG 5) is critical for all dimensions of sustainable development, and thus the attainment of SDG 5 is central to the achievement of all the SDGs. Violence against women and girls is an outcome of complex dynamics of multiple and intersecting forms of structural injustices, including gender inequality. For addressing violence against women and girls, it is crucial to focus on prevention. Formulation of the preventive strategy to address violence against women and girls calls for systemic changes, which cannot be achieved at the individual level alone. Preventive strategies to eliminate violence against women and girls must assess the individual, community, organisational and societal structures, laws and policies, social norms and practices that perpetuate harmful constructions of masculinities, gender inequality, and other social injustices which intersect with gender inequality. For formulating effective strategies, it is also imperative to identify and address the context-specific drivers of violence against women and girls.

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Footnotes
1
WHO (2021).
 
2
As per the UN SDG Classification of the regions.
 
3
WHO (2018).
 
4
Melanesia (51%), Micronesia (41%), Polynesia (39%).
 
5
UNFPA (2014).
 
6
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (2015–16).
 
7
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN Doc A/RES/48/104, 20 December 1993.
 
8
As per the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, adopted by General Assembly in 1993.
 
9
UN Women (2018).
 
10
Adapted from Ellsberg and Heise (2005), Watts and Zimmerman (2002), Shane and Ellsberg (2002), 2 as cited by UN Women (2010).
 
11
Brown and Bzostek (2003), UNICEF (2013).
 
12
World Health Organization (2002).
 
13
UNICEF (2018).
 
14
UNICEF (2014a).
 
15
UNICEF (2014b).
 
16
WHO (2008).
 
17
ICRW (2019).
 
18
Mariano et al. (2020).
 
19
SDG 5.2: “To eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls in public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation”.
 
20
UN Women (2013).
 
21
Development Finance International and Oxfam (2013).
 
22
Jhamb (2011).
 
23
Oliver et al. (2019).
 
24
UN (2005).
 
25
UN Women (2016).
 
26
Siddique (2011).
 
27
Zulu et al. (2017).
 
28
Department of Justice Canada, An Estimation of the Economic Impact of Spousal Violence in Canada (2009).
 
29
Crenshaw (1994).
 
30
Bhattacharyya et al. (2011).
 
31
Fulu et al. (2013).
 
32
World Health Organisation, Intimate Partner violence and Alcohol Fact Sheet.
 
33
Kulwicki (2009).
 
34
Ahinkorah (2021), Ebrahim and Atteraya (2020).
 
35
UNFPA (2014).
 
36
Humanitarian settings include natural disasters, conflict, and complex political emergencies.
 
37
UNICEF (2019).
 
38
UNICEF (2020).
 
39
Melnikas et al. (2020).
 
40
UN Women (2020).
 
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Metadata
Title
Understanding Costs of Violence Against Women and the Need for Contextualisation
Author
Manasi Bhattacharyya
Copyright Year
2022
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9579-7_12