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Intimate Partner Violence in Post-Soviet Countries

Contextual Features and Implication

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Violence against women (VAW) is a pressing global problem that violates women’s rights and negatively affects their health and well-being. While VAW in the worldwide context encompasses a variety of acts, the most common form is violence against females perpetrated by their male intimate partners. Investigating intimate partner violence (IPV) in different societies and social and cultural contexts within which IPV exists is important for social scientists to understand the nature of IPV and find the possible policy and practice interventions.

This chapter discusses physical IPV against women in the former Soviet Union (FSU) countries. The chapter analyzes how patriarchal ideology and traditional gender norms in the FSU societies contribute to IPV and explores the unique historical, political, and social context of the FSU countries that are critical for understanding women’s vulnerability to IPV in this region.

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Chernyak, E. (2023). Intimate Partner Violence in Post-Soviet Countries. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68127-2_45-1

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