Understanding Gender-Based Violence

Caroline Bradbury-Jones has a clinical background as a nurse, midwife and health visitor. She works at the University of Birmingham as Professor of Gender-Based Violence and Health. Caroline leads the Risk Abuse and Violence Research Programme, which a multi-disciplinary, highly international hub of research. She has researched extensively into the problem of gender-based violence in the UK and in low and middle income countries. A particular interest is health professionals’ responses to domestic violence and she has published widely on this issue.Louise Isham is a research fellow at the University of Birmingham and has a professional background as a social worker. Her research explores people’s experiences of violence and abuse within intimate and care relationships, with a focus on how people understand and respond to such experiences and (do not) seek help from informal and formal support systems. Louise’s PhD explored women’s experiences of violence, abuse and family life in the context of their intimate care relationships in later life.

• Preface.- Part 1.- Chapter 1: What is Gender Based Violence? (Definitions, types).- Chapter 2: Gender Based Violence as a global issue (Prevalence, Globalisation).- Chapter 3: Gender Based Violence and the helping professions (recognising and responding to Gender Based Violence).- Part 2.- Chapter 4: Intimate Partner Violence (including stalking).- Chapter 5: Sexual violence and rape.- Chapter 6: Human trafficking.- Chapter 7: Early and Forced Marriage.- Chapter 8: Female Genital Mutilation.- Chapter 9: Child Sexual Exploitation (including On-line Abuse and Grooming).- Chapter 10: Female infanticide.- Chapter 11: Bullying and harassment.- Part 3.- Chapter 12: Keeping safe and knowing what to do.- Chapter 13: Future directions in Gender based Violence.- Chapter 14: Summing it up (conclusions and reflections on learning).