http://elea.unisa.it/xmlui/handle/10556/8667 2026-04-20T11:30:25Z 2026-04-20T11:30:25Z Corradi, Consuelo http://elea.unisa.it/xmlui/handle/10556/9073 2026-02-23T07:23:38Z 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Interplay between States and Movements on Violence Against Women. Comparative Perspectives in Sociology and Policy Analysis Corradi, Consuelo In the last 25 years, women’s movements, governments and international bodies have been active in awareness-raising on and reduction of violence against women (VAW). The main aim of this issue is to providean overview of comparative perspectivesof policies and services, which offer an innovative point of view to evaluate action. A comparative outlook on VAW initiatives can show acceleration or deceleration in decision-making, proliferation or scarcity of regulations, high or low effectiveness of plans and services in reaching set goals, and reasons why this is the case. The four articles of this issue present original research conducted on firearm policy on a global scale, comparative analysis of services in Italy, accessibility of VAW services in Israel and perceptions of VAW after film screening in Tunisia. The articles illustrate the level of interest that elicited by VAW, the complexities of the analysis and the local and global actors that play a role in action against this global problem.

2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Stamatel, Janet P. Ratajczak, Kathleen Hoekstra, Robert http://elea.unisa.it/xmlui/handle/10556/9072 2026-02-23T07:23:36Z 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do Gun Policies Really Protect Women? A Cross-national Test of the Relationship between Gun Regulations and Female Homicide Victimization Stamatel, Janet P.; Ratajczak, Kathleen; Hoekstra, Robert Globally, firearms are the most frequent means of committing homicide and young males are most likely to be victimized with guns. However, females’ risk of lethal gun violence rises significantly within the context of intimate partner and family violence. Some countries have addressed the gendered nature of gun violence in the private sphere by regulating access to guns based on the risk of domestic or family violence. There has been little research conducted on the extent to which such policies have been adopted around the world and their effectiveness for protecting females against gun violence. This quantitative, cross-national study tested the effects of gun availability and gun policies on levels of lethal violence against women in a relatively large sample of countries, controlling for other structural and cultural predictors of macro-level homicide rates. We found that the civilian gun ownership rate was positively associated with lethal gun violence against women. However, the relationship between gun policies to protect against domestic and family violence did not have a direct effect on female homicide rates. Instead, domestic violence background checks for gun permits only had a moderate negative effect on female homicides in countries with large numbers of private firearms.

2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Toffanin, Angela M. Pietrobelli, Marta Gadda, Anna Misiti, Maura http://elea.unisa.it/xmlui/handle/10556/9071 2026-02-23T07:23:35Z 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z

VAW Policy Regimes in Italy: An Analysis Across Regional Governments and Women's Centres Toffanin, Angela M.; Pietrobelli, Marta; Gadda, Anna; Misiti, Maura The paper analyses the consequences of bureaucratisation processes in the context of violence against women (VAW) policies in Italy. Specifically, the paper proposes an analysis of VAW policies in three Regions (namely, Emilia-Romagna, Apulia, and Lombardy), with the aim to study anti-violence centre (AVC)’s activists and workers’ representations of VAW policies in their daily practices. We will focus on the regulation processes of the selected regional administrations, while trying to answer the following questions: to what extent have policies that originated from feminist movement(s)activities and practices ended up in very strict bureaucratisation processes? What are bureaucratisation processes consequences on the activities and practices of AVCs, from the perspectives of the centres’ activists and workers?

2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Meler, Tal Hisherik, Michal http://elea.unisa.it/xmlui/handle/10556/9070 2026-02-23T07:14:12Z 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z

Institutional Abandonment of Minority Women in Israel Who Are Violence Victims Meler, Tal; Hisherik, Michal The obligation of the establishment to protecting women against violenceis non-consensus andis sometimes conceptualized as a struggle for women-human rights. The present article deals with domestic violence against women from the minority groups of Palestinian and Ethiopian women in Israel,both part of patriarchal, collectivist societies,who suffer from poor civil status. Semi-structured interviews were held with Palestinian and Ethiopian women, as well as professionals in the social services regarding violence against women, including physical and economic violence, and accessibility to resources for protection against violence. Our findingsexpose both patriarchal repressive practices and official public policies that exacerbate the situation of women violence victims, expressed as hollow citizenship among Palestinian women and partially exclusionary citizenship among Ethiopian women who are part of the Jewish majority. Thus, policymakers should consider adapting violence prevention and treatment programs to minority populations, to make these resources available to all citizens.

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