Gender-Based Violence in Egypt: Analyzing Impacts of Political Reforms, Social, and Demographic Change

Violence Against Women

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 400-421

  Ambrosetti, Elena ^a   Abu Amara, Nisrin ^b   Condon, Stéphanie ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

attitudes; gender; prevalence; social and demographic change; violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDES; AWARENESS; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTITUDES; GENDER; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; DATA COLLECTION; DISCLOSURE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877764186     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801213486329     Document Type: Article

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