Global wave of protest against rape
The debate over the legal rights of rape victims is crossing borders. Nordic researchers believe that the victims' encounters with the police and legal system can be improved. Read more
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Major problem of male violence against women in the West Nordic Region
Every other Icelandic woman has been beaten and nearly a quarter of women have experienced domestic violence, according to a major new study of Icelandic men's violence against women presented at a conference in Greenland. Read more
"Immigrant" girls as a political symbol
The debate on honour-related violence over the last decade has engaged, mobilised and divided Swedish feminists within both the media and public gender equality politics. Two recent doctoral theses analyse the official Swedish policy on this issue and the consequences of the focus on the culture of honour. Read more
Male Violence as Religious Edification and High Culture
Violence by men against women is a social problem globally. For centuries, stories of such violence have been used in both religious and cultural contexts. The Judaic or Christian Bible contains countless narratives of child sacrifice, rape or incest, which in turn have inspired reinterpretations from artists, composers and writers. What strategies have the interpreters used and how can the history of these interpretations contribute to the understanding of gendered violence in our time? Read more
Love, Authority and Power
In Norwegian homes, it is the mother who sets the limits. But when a conflict between the mother and a son or daughter escalates, the conflict is resolved by the father. The father’s exercise of power is regarded as legitimate, while that of the mother is seen as incompatible with good motherhood. Read more
Making Violent Fathers Invisible
For a number of years it has been documented trough research and practice that men’s violence against women is an issue of direct concern for children living in the family. Most children have seen or heard violence – and have thereby been subjected to emotional abuse – and many have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence themselves as well. Furthermore, it is clear that that some men continue to use violence (including threats of violence) against both women and children post separation or divorce. Read more
September 11 and Male Violence
The world faces a new global battlefield upon which terrorist deeds are met with a war against terrorism, unregulated violence with regulated violence. It is said that the world will never be the same after September 11. But what has changed - and for whom? How could September 11 be interpreted from a gender perspective? And is there a connection between global violence and terrorism on the one hand and the violence of individual men towards women on the other? Read more
