Document Type

Article

Source Publication Title

Violence Against Women

DOI

10.1177/10778012231186814

Abstract

The study explores the perspectives of service providers on cultural and social reasons used to justify domestic violence in Kyrgyzstan. Results indicate that cultural norms, notably patriarchal customs, immense pressure put on women to save the marriage, stigma of divorce, low status assigned to women, wide acceptance of violence as natural, and fear of retaliation were major reasons that perpetuated domestic violence. Scholars, policymakers, and service providers must collaborate to actively dispel widely accepted beliefs about gender, marriage, and women's status, and to break the cycle of abuse providing help at the individual and community levels.

Publication Date

1-1-2023

Language

English

Comments

The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Research reported in this article was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health under award number K01HD106070. This project was also supported by a Fulbright Program grant (PS00292785) sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State and administered by the Institute of International Education.

Saltanat Childress, PhD, MSW, (she/her) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas-Arlington School of Social Work. The major focus of Dr. Childress's work is to better understand how to improve the behavioral, educational and health outcomes associated with childhood exposure to trauma, particularly adverse childhood experiences and domestic violence, at both local and global levels. Nibedita Shrestha (she/her) has a Ph.D in social work from the University of Texas at Arlington. Her research interests are Intimate Partner Violence, Child Welfare, and Immigrants and Refugees. Her extensive experience working with women and children at the grassroots level contributes towards her marked understanding of pertinent issues affecting vulnerable women and children from marginalized backgrounds. Kanykei Kenensarieva (she/her) has a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology and Master's Degree in Applied Psychology from the American University of Central Asia. Her primary research interests are focused on studying gender issues in Kyrgyzstan, violence towards women and girls, media coverage of females and males, marginalized youth, and migration. Jildyz Urbaeva (she/her) is a social work faculty member at the University at Albany. Dr. Urbaeva conducts studies on sociocultural determinants of well-being in the US and Central Asia. Rachel Voth Schrag, PhD, LCSW, (she/her) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work. Her research focuses on secondary and tertiary prevention strategies for survivors of intimate partner violence, particularly community-based survivor-centered services.

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