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Mixed Methods Assessment of Women’s Risk of Intimate Partner Violence in Nepal
First published in BMC Women's Health on January 28, 2019
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Nepal, Championing Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment
By Cari Clark, Gemma Ferguson, Binita Shrestha, Prabin Nanicha Shrestha, Brian Batayeh, Irina Bergenfeld, Stella Chang, and Susi McGhee
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health issue that affects one in three women globally and a similarly large number of women in Nepal. Although important policy and programmatic steps have been taken to address violence against women in Nepal over the past decade, there is still a gap on IPV research in Nepal, particularly with regard to social norms.