This article talks about the types of economic violence against women, and how some people use the religion to justfiy such violence.

This study surveyed a 29 convenience sampling of 199 women,93 of whom were first (or senior) wives in polygamous marriages and 16 were wives in monogamous marriages. We deployed the McMaster Family

To explore women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV) and their determinants,as well as to document the prevalence of various types of violence among women attending public health

This study aimed to describe the social and cultural etiology of violence against women in Jordan. A sample of houses was randomly selected from all 12 Governorates in Jordan,resulting in a final

The aim of this study is to investigate the factors associated with the acceptance of wife beating among currently married men and women living in disadvantaged Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan

This study systematically and comprehensively engages with the existing data and a wide range of respondents to understand why child marriages happen and what can be done to limit marriages under the

Over 300 men, women and children staged a sit-in near the Prime Ministry to call for better legal and social protection for women subjected to domestic violence. The sit-in, under the theme “Enough”

This report documents how women accused of being “absent from home”,eloping,or having sex outside marriage,risk imprisonment without charge or trial in Jordan if male family members complain to the