TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - How gender norms are reinforced through violence against adolescent girls in two conflict-affected populations
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Sommer, Marni
A1  - Muñoz-Laboy, Miguel
A1  - Williams, Anaise
A1  - Mayevskaya, Yana
A1  - Falb, Kathryn
A1  - Abdella, Gizman
A1  - Stark, Lindsay
SP  - 154
EP  - 163
VL  - 79
IS  - 
N2  - Violence against women and girls is a global concern, and particularly salient in humanitarian settings. Successful efforts to prevent gender-based violence in humanitarian settings must address a wide range of issues, from discriminatory laws to explicit community support for violence, and yet, at the core of these efforts is reducing oppressive gender and social norms. This study examined local attitudes towards and social norms around responding to physical and sexual abuse of girls through interviews conducted with adolescent girls (n = 66) and with caregivers (n = 58) among two conflict-affected populations: villages in South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudanese and South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopian camps. The findings suggest how communities use violence as a tool to enforce the importance of girls practicing community-defined "good" adolescent girl behavior, and have implications for gender-based violence programming among other conflict-affected populations.<br><br>Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier Ltd.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.02.002
ID  - ref1
ER  -