… health, such as dementia, suicide and alcohol and drug abuse, are particularly stark. For example, in 2018, the rate … disorders, including deaths from alcohol and drug abuse, also reveals that more men than women die from these … in social surveys; higher levels of alcohol and drug abuse, and other perceived ‘masculine’ self-destructive …
… depending on their personal characteristics. Online abuse towards women and girls is now understood as an … sexual harassment online since the age of 15 (FRA, 2014b). Abuse on social media and other networking sites is so … asked if they had witnessed or experienced cases where abuse, hate speech or threats were directed at journalists, …
… Older women are disproportionately exposed to the risk of abuse, compared with older men (Saripapa, 2019). Gender is a risk factor for victims of elderly abuse not only because women have a longer life expectancy … lifetime of inequality, economic dependence, violence and abuse, which makes older women particularly vulnerable, …
… women in England and Wales. In Femicide Volume VIII. Abuse and feminicide of the older woman : ACUNS. Bryce, J., … Lewis, R., Rowe, M., and Wiper, C. (2017). Online abuse of feminists as an emerging form of violence against … Beyond ‘revenge porn’: The continuum of image-based sexual abuse. Feminist Legal Studies, 25 (1), 25-46. McIntyre, C. …
… 2020). Lockdown exacerbated the risk of domestic abuse by forcing women to remain at home for a prolonged … developed a smartphone app that allowed situations of abuse to be reported directly to the police without making a …