Harting, Katharina (2023) Current Statistics on Violence against Women – a Review of the Global Incidences and the Methods of Measurement. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Abstract Violence against women is an incredibly relevant topic with data suggesting that every third women has experienced it at least once in their life. This paper is going to focus on reviewing current estimates of the rates of violence against women in different countries globally divided into intimate partner violence (IPV) and non-intimate partner violence (NIPV). Additionally, the paper will review the two most relevant methods, face to face interviews and surveys, which were used to collect about 85% of the data on violence against women. This literature review mostly focused on research with a more general and global focus on the rates of violence against women with no specifications on the definition of women except for the exclusion of children. The literature review showed that about 30% of women over the age of 15 have experienced IPV at least once in their live with 26% of women already experiencing it before the age of 24. NIPV has been experienced by around 7.2% of women over the age of 15. These are alarmingly high rates especially when considering that there is a high likelihood of underreporting. This is due to stigma around the topic of violence against women as well as a general tendency to victim blame with it going as far as victims possibly putting themselves in danger of being subjected to ridicule when opening up about their experiences. This is partially due to a lack of education as well as general openness regarding the topic.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Cuijpers, L.S. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2023 14:04 |
| Last Modified: | 12 May 2023 14:04 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1960 |
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