359011

MAPPING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN ARABIAN COUNTRIES

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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• Violence, Assault and Injury, Domestic Violence

Abstract

Violence against women is a scourge affecting all countries. Violence against women in the Arabian region is widely recognized as a critical human rights violation that demands a policymaking intervention to effectively combat it. Aim: we aimed at mapping different types of violence against women in Arabic countries, assessing the knowledge of women regarding the support services that ensure their safety and determining factors standing against combating women violence. Methods: A cross-sectional study was implemented. An anonymous self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data about basic demographic data. Responses were received from Egypt, Sudan, Libya and Lebanon. Data about exposure was collected and analyzed. Results: The questionnaire was completed by 355 respondents from different countries; those who reported exposure to violence involved 149 women and those who didn't report exposure included 206 women. A statistically significant difference was detected between the four studied countries. Regarding the type of violence, the highest percentage of female participants reported verbal violence. In the current work, only 8.7% reported violence, in addition, more than two third of female participants were unaware about the support service nor the punishing laws for abusers. Conclusion: Women experience violence in Arabian region regardless of their age, level of education, income. Findings from this study suggests that the lack of awareness of women about the avenues of support and the laws that protect them is the deep-rooted factor that has attributed to the persistence of violence against women in the Arabian region.

DOI

10.21608/ejfsat.2024.268843.1316

Keywords

Woman, violence, mapping, Arabian region

Authors

First Name

sara

Last Name

ghitani

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

forensic medicine and clinical toxicology, faculty of medicine, Alexandria university, Egypt

Email

saraghitani14@gmail.com

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Orcid

0000-0002-3430-5799

First Name

maha

Last Name

ghanem

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

forensic medicine and clinical toxicology, faculty of medicine, Alexandria university, Egypt

Email

ghanemmaha63@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

salma

Last Name

Amhawal

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of forensic medicine and clinical toxicology Omar Almukhtar university - - Libya

Email

salmamhawal@gmail.com

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-

Orcid

-

First Name

ahmad

Last Name

samarji

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

forensic science education, Victoria university, Melbourne

Email

ahmad.samarji@live.vu.edu.au

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

hanaa

Last Name

alhoshy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

department of medical education, faculty of medicine, Alexandria, Egypt

Email

hanaa.alhoshy@gmai.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

muaaz

Last Name

sigairon

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of forensic medicine , AL Neelain University , University of Africa, Sudan

Email

maaz_92@hotmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

maram

Last Name

atef

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

forensic medicine and clinical toxicology, faculty of medicine, Alexandria university, Egypt

Email

maramatef99@gmail.com

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-

Orcid

-

Volume

24

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

46911

Issue Date

2024-03-01

Receive Date

2024-02-18

Publish Date

2024-03-01

Page Start

69

Page End

82

Print ISSN

1687-0875

Online ISSN

2535-1915

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https://ejfsat.journals.ekb.eg/article_359011.html

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359,011

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Original Article

Type Code

429

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

The Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences and Applied Toxicology

Publication Link

https://ejfsat.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

MAPPING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN ARABIAN COUNTRIES

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Created At

23 Dec 2024