Violence permeating daily life: a qualitative study investigating perspectives on violence among women in Karachi, Pakistan | Zendy

Tazeen Saeed Ali | Zendy; Gunilla Krantz | Zendy; Ingrid Mogren | Zendy

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Violence permeating daily life: a qualitative study investigating perspectives on violence among women in Karachi, Pakistan

Author(s) -

Tazeen Saeed Ali,

Gunilla Krantz,

Ingrid Mogren

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

international journal of women s health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136

H-Index - 45

ISSN - 1179-1411

DOI - 10.2147/ijwh.s33325

Subject(s) - domestic violence , focus group , nonprobability sampling , socioeconomic status , psychology , marital status , social issues , qualitative research , poison control , criminology , suicide prevention , medicine , social psychology , sociology , population , political science , environmental health , social science , anthropology , law

This study explored how married women perceive situations which create family conflicts and lead to different forms of violence in urban Pakistan. In addition, it examines perceptions of consequences of violence, their adverse health effects, and how women resist violence within marital life.

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