Women’s status and domestic violence in rural Bangladesh: Individual- and community-level effects

By M. Koenig, Saifuddin Ahmed, M. Hossain, A. Mozumder. Demography, 2003

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Gender Studies, Health

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Transfers, Behavior Change Communication, and Intimate Partner Violence: Postprogram Evidence from Rural Bangladesh (2019, background): “Many studies link IPV in rural Bangladesh to gender norms (Koenig et al., 2003).”
Resources and Intimate Partner Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa (2017, background): “Koenig et al. (2003) find that the effect of participation in a credit group in Bangladesh increased abuse in conservative villages while it decreased violence in relatively more gender equal villages.”
Factors Influencing Domestic and Marital Violence against Women in Ghana (2013, background): “The independent effects of education on domestic violence have been documented elsewhere (Babu and Shantanu 2009; Flood and Pease 2009; Jewkes 2002; Kocacik and Dogan 2006; Koenig et al. 2003).”
What factors are associated with recent intimate partner violence? findings from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence (2011, background): “Studies in various countries have identified a range of factors that influence IPV risk [9-13], but in some cases, protective factors in one setting may be ineffective or actually increase risk in another [14].”
Measuring Women’s Empowerment: A Critical Review of Current Practices and Recommendations for Researchers (2017, background): “Additionally, these relationships appear to be influenced by context (Jejeebhoy and Sathar 2001; Koenig et al. 2003).”
Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Is Women Empowerment a Reducing Factor? A Study from a National Bangladeshi Sample (2011, background): “Employed women may be at higher risk of experiencing violence (Rani and Bonu 2009) because they may be more likely to challenge their husbands’ authority or because their husbands perceive a threat to their authority (Koenig et al. 2003; Rocca et al. 2009; Schuler et al. 1996; Vyas and Watts 2009).”
How does economic empowerment affect women's risk of intimate partner violence in low and middle income countries? A systematic review of published evidence (2009, background): “Watts being documented in the less progressive setting (Koenig et al., 2003b).”
Preventing intimate partner and sexual violence against women: taking action and generating evidence (2010, background): “Pre-existing gender roles appear to affect the violence-related outcomes of credit programmes – in communities with rigid gender roles, women’s involvement can result in increased levels of intimate partner violence not seen in communities with more-flexible gender roles (Koenig et al., 2003).”