A Review of Economic Consequences and Costs of Male Violence Against Women

M. J. López-Sánchez, J. A. Belso-Martínez and J. L. Hervás-Oliver

Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 2019, vol. 26, issue 3, 424-434

Abstract: This article focuses on male violence against women. As it takes place in what is often considered to be ‘the private sphere’ of the home, violence is difficult to prove, to measure, to prevent and easy to ignore. A multi-country study (WHO, 2005, WHO multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence against women: Summary report of initial results on prevalence, health outcomes and women’s responses , Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization) shows that there are wide variations between countries resulting in 15 per cent to 71 per cent of women aged between 15 and 49 years saying that they have been victims of physical or sexual violence in intimate relationships. This article reviews and summarises literature that analyse types of economic costs that result from domestic violence and abuse perpetrated against women.

Keywords: Violence; women; economic costs; Violence against women (VAW); intimate partner violence (IPV); economic costs approaches; VAW cost estimates revision (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/0971521519861194

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