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Gendered Violence

The Facts about Gender-Based Violence (Canadian Women)
At the Canadian Women’s Foundation, our vision is for all women in Canada to live free from violence. Women in Canada live at greater risk than men of domestic violence, sexual assault and harassment, and sex trafficking.

Why domestic violence victims don't leave | Leslie Morgan Steiner

Leslie Morgan Steiner was in "crazy love" -- that is, madly in love with a man who routinely abused her and threatened her life. Steiner tells the dark story of her relationship, correcting misconceptions many people hold about victims of domestic violence, and explaining how we can all help break the silence. (Filmed at TEDxRainier.)

Entilli, C. (2017). When the woman gets violent: the construction of domestic abuse experience from heterosexual men’s perspective. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(15-16), 2328–2341.
Media attention and prevention programmes relating to domestic violence have mainly focused on women as the victims and men as the perpetrators. The underlying idea is that violence is predominantly physical and a prerogative of men. This conceptualisation of violence reduces the opportunities for the consideration of different modalities of abuse.
A year in review 2018-2019: Canada's strategy to prevent and address gender-based violence. (Status of Women)
Women and Gender Equality Canada works to advance gender equality through an intersectional gendered lens. Working in partnership with key stakeholders, including civil society organizations, labour groups, the private sector, other orders of government, and First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples, the Department actively promotes the inclusion of all people in Canada’s economic, social, and political life.

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Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence
Announced in June 2017, It’s Time: Canada’s Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence is the Government of Canada’s response to gender-based violence (GBV). It builds on current federal initiatives, coordinates existing programs and lays the foundation for greater action on GBV.
Umeed, M. (2013). Understanding domestic abuse in men. Practice Nurse : the Journal for Nurses in General Practice, 43(10), 37–.
The article focuses on domestic abuse among men in Great Britain. The government of Great Britain defines domestic abuse as any incident or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between adults who are or have been intimate partners or are family members, regardless of gender or sexuality. Data suggest that one in six men suffered some kind of domestic abuse since the age of 16. An overview of the findings of Brian Dempsey's research on behalf of the Abused Men in Scotland is provided.
Walsh, S. (2015). Global understandings of domestic violence. Nursing & Health Sciences, 17(1), 1–4.
Violence that occurs in intimate partner relationships covers a range of terms, including “domestic violence”, “domestic abuse”, “spousal abuse”, “battering”, “intimate partner violence”, “family violence”, and “dating abuse”. This article outlines the historical development of these terms; reviews key debates in relation to definitions; and finally, discusses implications for research and health practice in the field.
Nayback-Beebe, Y. (2012). The lived experiences of a male survivor of intimate partner violence: a qualitative case study. Medsurg Nursing, 21(2), 89–95; quiz 96.
The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative case study, analyzed using Colaizzi's (1978) method, was to gain a holistic understanding of the lived-experience of a male victim of intimate partner violence and the real-life context in which the violence emerged.

Women and gendered violence in Canada : an intersectional approach by Bruckert, Chris; Law, Tuulia
Location: ebook
Publication Date: 2018
Violence against women is usually framed as an issue of interpersonal violence perpetuated by men. While domestic violence and sexual assault are significant social problems, such a narrow framing obscures the diversity of women’s experience, fails to illuminate the role social structures play, and excludes discussions of workplace and state violence.

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Violence Against Women: Myths, Facts, Controversies by Walter S. DeKeseredy
Publication Date: 2020
This ebook offers a passionate but well-documented sociological overview of a sobering problem. He starts by outlining the scope of the challenge and debunks current attempts to label intimate violence as gender neutral. He then lays bare the structural practices that sustain this violence, leading to a discussion of long- and short-term policies to address the issue. DeKeseredy includes an examination of male complicity and demonstrates how boys and men can change their roles. Throughout, he responds to myths that dismiss threats to women's health and safety and provides an impassioned call to action for women, men, and policymakers.