Land and power: Women discover one can lead to the other
Friday, May 16, 2014 - 10:31
in Psychology & Sociology
When women in developing countries own land, they gain power within their relationships and are less likely to experience violence, research demonstrates. Violence against women is not a matter of isolated cases but rather the result of systems of power, and it can change when the power relationship changes, the researchers found. "In order to address rates of violence against women we need to address the structure of inequities," she added.