Browsing Department of Statistics & Population Studies by Subject "Domestic violence"

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  • Investigating domestic violence against women in South Africa 

    Njezula, Aurelia Babalwa (University of the Western Cape, 2006)
    Domestic violence or intimate partner violence is increasingly being recognized as a problem that seems to be spiralling out of control. The causes of domestic violence have preoccupied scientists for several decades. The ...

  • Socio-demographic analysis of domestic violence against women: evidences from DHS 

    Ngondiop, Judith D’or Donang (University of the Western Cape, 2013)
    The right for every woman to live free of violence is one of the basic human rights. Nevertheless, this right is still subject to violation on a massive and systematic scale around the world. At least one of three women ...

  • Violence against women in Burkina Faso: A quantitative and qualitative study 

    Zakaliyat, Bonkoungou (University of the Western Cape, 2022)
    Many socio-anthropological and/or quantitative studies have attempted to address the issue of violence against women indirectly by focusing on the perceptions of the actors rather than on the fact of having suffered it ...