Global study on violence against women finds feminist movements key to change
16 Oct 2012
A new study on violence against women conducted over four decades and in 70 countries reveals the mobilisation of feminist movements is more important for change than the wealth of nations, left-wing political parties, or the number of women politicians.
The study in the latest issue of American Political Science Review (APSR), published by Cambridge University Press for the American Political Science Association (APSA), found that in feminist movements that were autonomous from political parties and the state, women were able to articulate and organise around their top priorities as women, without having to answer to broader organisational concerns or men's needs. Mobilizing across countries, feminist movements urged governments to approve global and regional norms and agreements on violence.
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