Prevalence and Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women With Disabilities in Bangladesh

Tanvir Hasan · Tisa Muhaddes · Suborna Camellia · Nasima Selim · Sabina Faiz Rashid

56 citations0/0 files storedJournal of Interpersonal Violence

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Intimate Partner and Family Violence Disability Rights and Representation Elder Abuse and Neglect

Abstract

This study was aimed to estimate the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) in a sample of 226 women with disabilities living in four different districts of Bangladesh. It also explored the physical and psychological suffering of women experiencing violence and their various coping strategies. A cross-sectional survey was carried out with 226 women with disabilities to measure the prevalence of IPV, and 16 in-depth interviews were conducted to document in detail the experiences of violence encountered by the abused women. Among the 226 women interviewed in the survey, about 84% reported ever having experienced at least one act of emotional abuse, physical, or sexual violence from their partner during their lifetime. Women who were older (aged above 32 years), separated, and members of economic/savings group were more likely to report ever having experienced any IPV than women with disabilities who were younger (aged 32 years and less), married, and not members of economic/savings group. Most of the women experiencing violence reported sufferings from physical and psychological problems. Of all the women who experienced violence, less than half (45%) reported seeking support to minimize or avoid violence experiences. However, seeking support from informal network such as family and relatives was commonly reported by many (81.4%) of them. Study findings suggest that women with disabilities who possess poor socio-economic status coupled with economic dependency on husbands' income and wide-spread social stigma against disability make them vulnerable to IPV. Future interventions to address IPV against women with disabilities should include building community knowledge of disability and IPV, countering the pervasive social stigma against disabilities, and improving the socio-economic conditions of women with disabilities through education and employment.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 56 citations exist upstream.

References

2007Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research 2010Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research 1987The New Zealand Medical Journal 1887-1987.2008Intimate partner violence and women's physical and mental health in the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence: an observational study 2002Intimate Partner Violence and Physical Health Consequences 2006Intimate Partner Violence and Women’s Physical, Mental, and Social Functioning 1996Credit programs, patriarchy and men's violence against women in rural Bangladesh 2004Intimate Partner Violence and Physical Health Consequences

Cited by

2019How people with disabilities experience programs to prevent intimate partner violence across four countries 2022A scoping review of measurement of violence against women and disability 2020Intimate partner violence (IPV) with miscarriages, stillbirths and abortions: Identifying vulnerable households for women in Bangladesh 2015The Interface Between Violence, Disability, and Poverty: Stories From a Developing Country 2014Introduction to Special Issue on Violence Against People With Disability

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.