Gendered Violence and Social Regulation of Gender Relations: Family, Law and the State
Gendered Violence and Social Regulation of Gender Relations: Family, Law and the State
Tuesday, 8 July 2025: 15:00-16:45
Location: FSE014 (Faculty of Education Sciences (FSE))
WG11 Violence and Society (host committee) Language: English
Men's violence against women and children is recognised as a global problem as individual societies grapple with the persistence of men's violence and abuse in families, workplaces, and intimate relationships. This session examines the expression of gender based violence (GBV) and victim/survivors' experiences across diverse cultural contexts, unified in ongoing challenges to women's and children's safety. The session begins with Tahiri Tahiri's examination of women's experiences seeking responsive services for women in Morocco, while Ntoimo examines generational attitudes to GBV in Nigeria. Kumar's research in India looks at the role of social media in marriages involving adolescent girls, then Abramowski presents a study on the impacts of economic dependency in marriage in Germany. Lombard analyses the elements of social labour demanded of GBV victim/survivors in Scotland's criminal justice system. Koshan examines how family law in Canada has been weaponised against victim/survivors. Leonetti analyses the ways disbelief of women has become an embedded element of family law in New Zealand. The session concludes with a Panel discussion of family law narratives of misogyny.
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