@article{ref1,
title="'It's breaking quite big social taboos' violence against women and girls and self-defense training in Nepal",
journal="Women's studies international forum",
year="2017",
author="Standing, Kay and Parker, Sara and Bista, Sapana",
volume="64",
number="",
pages="51-58",
abstract="Given the increased vulnerability to, and rise in reports of, sexual violence in post-disaster situations this article seeks to explore the role of self-defense programmes as a response to addressing violence against women and girls. It draws on the authors' experience of post-earthquake Nepal in 2015. We argue that self-defense training can play a crucial role in challenging normative gender roles, raising confidence and self-esteem in girls and women during and post disaster, and call for further research to take place at the local level to explore this important issue further.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0277-5395",
doi="10.1016/j.wsif.2017.09.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2017.09.006"
}