Intimate partner violence in marginalised settings: Re-theorising agency for global public health

摘要

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major global health issue that severely affects women's psychological and physical well-being. Current public health efforts to address violence against women have led to a focus on women's agency, or the ability to make choices that go against unequal gender norms. However, women's agency has not been adequately conceptualised for a global health response to IPV, particularly in relation to the contextual factors that contribute to violence in marginalised settings around the world, including issues such as extreme poverty, challenges relating to migration and housing, intersectional inequalities, armed conflict, stigma and discrimination. Furthermore, too little attention has been given to the psycho-social processes through which multi-layered power inequalities become inscribed on women's bodies, psyches, identities and relationships in ways that place them at risk of violence.