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E-Poster

Violence Against Women and their Children

Domestic Violence Against Women in Central Asia: A Scoping Review

Friday, October 25, 2024
4:45 PM – 5:15 PM CT
Location: KC Convention Center, Poster 8B
A scoping review was conducted to understand domestic violence against women in Central Asia. The review included 47 original empirical articles in the final review. Studies represented population-level statistics on the prevalence, risk, and protective factors, barriers to help-seeking, impact of abuse, resilience, and coping mechanisms.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Readers will understand the prevalence levels of domestic violence against women in the Central Asian countries of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, and the cultural and religious reasons why violence persists despite efforts from the government and civil society to address it.
  2. Readers will understand the major risk factors that make women in Central Asia vulnerable to violence and cultural, social, and legal obstacles that act as barriers to help-seeking, the impact of abuse on women and children, and the coping strategies employed by survivors.
  3. Readers will understand the interventions against violence implemented by the government and civil society and the impact of these interventions at the ground level.