Intimate partner violence

A new book argues that interpersonal violence – homicide, intimate partner violence, and child abuse – costs the world far more than war, yet receives a fraction of the policy attention. Drawing on victimisation surveys and value-of-statistical-life estimates, the authors put the annual cost of interpersonal violence at roughly $30 trillion, compared with $3.7 trillion for collective violence.

Two low-cost interventions targeting adolescent girls and boys separately each produced large, cost-effective reductions in intimate partner violence in Tanzania.

Female politicians in India expand reproductive healthcare, but spousal conflict over number of sons can turn contraceptive gains into domestic violence.

Cold snaps increase domestic violence in the Peruvian Highlands by reducing agricultural income. Policies that improve households’ resilience to agricultural income losses can help mitigate this effect.

Pairing an aspirations workshop with a cash transfer helped Kenyan women gain control of household resources and reduced intimate partner violence.

What have we learned about the causes, consequences, and policy responses to intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries?

Combining direct questions with list experiments can help deduce men’s true perspectives on gender-based violence.

When new manufacturing sectors emerge in developing countries, a significant share of the workforce is often comprised of women, many of whom previously lacked access to non-agricultural employment. Such employment can have important consequences for...

Cambodia’s extensive unilateral trade liberalisation following its accession to the WTO in 2004 led to physical, sexual, and psychological violence against women in districts where tariff reductions were more pronounced