To assess the associations between Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) victimization and health
outcomes of South Asian women in Greater Boston. To explore the nature of the health …

ContextSex trafficking of girls and women is widespread across South Asia and is recognized
as both a violent gender-based crime and major human rights violation. Inadequate …

Social norms increasingly are the focus of intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention strategies
but are among the least examined contextual factors in quantitative violence research. …

Background Disrupting women’s employment is a strategy that abusive partners could use
to prevent women from maintaining economic independence and stability. Yet, few studies …

Endometriosis, a systemic disease that is often painful and chronic, affects ∼10% of
reproductive-age women. The disease can have a negative impact on a patient’s physical and …

Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological disease that affects approximately 1 in 10 women
of reproductive age. Symptoms of severe pelvic pain, infertility, fatigue, and abnormal …

As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa wanes, it is time for the international scientific community
to reflect on how to improve the detection of and coordinated response to future epidemics…

As the covid-19 pandemic intensifies, its gendered effects have begun to gain attention.
Though data are scarce, media coverage and reports from organisations that respond to …

Objective To estimate (1) lifetime prevalence of physical and sexual victimisation from
husbands among a national sample of Bangladeshi women, (2) associations of unwanted …

Background Gender-based violence against women, including intimate partner violence (IPV),
is a pervasive health and human rights concern. However, relatively little intervention …