Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Is Women Empowerment a Reducing Factor? A Study from a National Bangladeshi Sample

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 411-420

  Rahman, Mosfequr ^a   Hoque, Md Aminul ^b   Makinoda, Satoru ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Decision making; Empowerment indicators; Intimate Partner Violence (IPV); Women empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959544217     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-011-9375-3     Document Type: Article

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