‘It's breaking quite big social taboos’ violence against women and girls and self-defense training in Nepal

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...

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Published in:Women's studies international forum 2017-09, Vol.64, p.51-58
Main Authors: Standing, Kay, Parker, Sara, Bista, Sapana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Disaster recovery
Gender roles
Girls
Intimate partner violence
Nepal
Self defense
Self esteem
Sex crimes
Sexual violence
Social change
Taboos
Training
VAWG
Violence
Violence against women
Vulnerability
Women
Womens studies
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Summary: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. •Increased violence against women and girls in temporary camps post-earthquake.•Self-defense training has a role in empowering women/challenging gender norms.•Interagency work is needed between police, state, NGOs and women's groups.•Further research is needed into long term effects of self-defense programs.
ISSN:0277-5395
1879-243X
DOI:10.1016/j.wsif.2017.09.006