Violence against women impairs children's health
Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 10:14
in Psychology & Sociology
Violence against women in a family also has serious consequences for the children's growth, health, and survival. Kajsa Åsling Monemi from Uppsala University has studied women and their children in Bangladesh and Nicaragua and shows, among other things, that children whose mothers are exposed to violence grow less and are sick more often than other children.
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