Violence against women is a violation of human rights, crossing all cultures, classes, levels of education, earnings, ethnic and age groups.
International advocacy and evidence have been critical for shifting the pervasive issue of violence against women onto the health agenda.
This study investigated the empowerment status of urban women in Pakistan using a multidimensional approach in Lahore – a metropolitan city.
Although the last decades have seen an advance in equality and empowerment for women, there are still numerous challenges to be addressed.
Within a time span of only a few months, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has managed to spread across the world.
Sexual violence is a universal phenomenon without restriction to sex, age, ethnicity or social class that causes devastating effects in the physical and mental health spheres, in the short-term and lo
Introduction: This study investigates staff's perspectives on the characteristics required to work in a sexual assault referral centre and the support and training they believe sexual assault referral
Background: Self-harm is a leading cause of morbidity in prisoners.
Global burden and trends in premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer: a population-based study
Background: Breast cancer has distinct causes, prognoses, and outcomes and effects in patients at premenopausal and postmenopausal ages.
Efforts to provide a normed standard for what constitutes intimate partner violence, child abuse, and neglect have clashed with attempts to recognize the impact of cultural variability on the experiences of family maltreatment. Contributing to SDGs 3 and 5, this chapter takes on this challenging intersection by answering vital questions about the operationalization of intimate partner violence and child maltreatment, including how to integrate the need for universal standards with considerations of cultural context.
