What works to change social norms that sustain family violence in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs): an ecological analysis

Thesis

Background: Violence is harmful to healthy human development, undermining physical and mental health, social functioning, and educational attainment, with economic burdens and lasting effects on future generations. Norms are blueprints for socially acceptable behaviour that can make violence an assumed reality. They are considered central to violence prevention, yet we lack evidence of what works to shift norms that sustain family violence and what might explain their successes or failures. M...

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Authors: Snow, K

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-g2gwbjv8g
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: intimate partner violence (IPV); violence against women (VAW) and children (VAC) (VAWC); LMICs; child maltreatment (CM); child marriage; social and gender norms
• Subjects: Family violence; Social norms