I am a Senior Lecturer in Gender and Violence at the University of Bristol, UK. I am also the Director for the BSc Childhood Studies Programmes. My area of research interests and publications include:-Gender based violence within national and international contexts-Cultural and structural violence within the Muslim context and Europe-Violence and abuse within teenage intimate relationships -Gender-based violence and faith Address: Bristol, Bristol, City of, United Kingdom
Part 1: Introduction: Definitions and debates on Gender Based Violence 1. Key Issues: Researching... more Part 1: Introduction: Definitions and debates on Gender Based Violence 1. Key Issues: Researching Gender Based Violence, Nadia Aghtaie & Geetanjali Gangoli 2. Theorising male power and violence against women: revisiting Millett's Sexual Politics, Marianne Hester Part 2: Researching Gender Based Violence: Methodological Challenges Introduction 3. Concepts, Contexts and Consequences: Methodological insights into researching young people's experiences of IPV, Christine Barter 4. Developing Rapport: The Ethics of 'Reciprocity', Karen Morgan 5. Developing survey measures of attitudes to domestic violence amongst young people in India, LynnMarie Sardinha & Eldin Fahmy Part 3: Researching Gender Based Violence in the UK Introduction 6. Feminist Activism in Movement: UK activism against VAW, Finn Mackay 7. Views and Experiences: Young Men, Masculinity and Gendered Interpersonal Violence, Melanie McCarry 8. Gender, power and the translation of English prostitution policy, Natasha Mulvihill 9. Double Jeopardy: Disabled women's experiences of domestic violence, Ravi K. Thiara & Gill Hague 10. Heterosexual men as victims of domestic violence and abuse: Prevalence, Help-seeking, and challenges to feminist theoretical frameworks, Emma Williamson Part 4: Researching Gender Based Violence in International Contexts Introduction 11. Men as women's guardians: domestic violence in Iran, Nadia Aghtaie 12. Strategic co-option'? Indian feminists, the State and legal activism on domestic violence, Geetanjali Gangoli & Martin Rew 13. Abuse Along the Margins: Gender Based Violence During Displacement, Natasha Price 14. Domestic Violence in China: A Focus on A Health Impact, Qihua Ye.
SEVEN Breaking the silence: rape law in Iran and controlling women&am... more SEVEN Breaking the silence: rape law in Iran and controlling women's sexuality Nadia Aghtaie Introduction Iran has a population of over 70 million and ... Such considerations should be taken into account for the woman as much as for the man.(Shukri and Labriz, 1992, pp 58-63 ...
Using the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) in Iran as an illustration, this article ... more Using the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) in Iran as an illustration, this article explores the continued resistance against girls’ rights in some Islamic countries. The gendered construction of childhood in Iran has resulted in a differential MACR, which for boys is notably higher than that recommended by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, yet for girls is unacceptably low. While breaches of girls’ rights in other areas are defended on the grounds of paternalistic concerns, it is argued that the MACR is a religious-politico decision that, in Iran, upholds the rights of boys but denies the rights of girls, propagating their wider subjugation.
This study extends existing scholarship on coercive control within an intimate relationship by ex... more This study extends existing scholarship on coercive control within an intimate relationship by exploring how some perpetrators use spiritual abuse as part of their control repertoire and how others harness belief and doctrine to exercise a totalising ‘religious coercive control’ over their victims. The analysis in this article draws on two multi-faith datasets: secondary data analysis of 27 semi-structured interviews and primary data collected through an online anonymous survey eliciting 24 qualitative responses, supplemented by 4 follow-up interviews with victim-survivors. Thematic analysis demonstrates the experience and longer-term impact of coercive control on victim-survivors and the barriers to help-seeking, including complicity at familial, community and leadership levels. We articulate their recommendations for change within places of worship and the implications for criminal justice practitioners.
The article is based on a qualitative field study of how justice (in its wider sense) is understo... more The article is based on a qualitative field study of how justice (in its wider sense) is understood by practitioners and religious leaders from Judaism, Islam and Christianity, who work with victims of domestic violence and abuse. The article focuses on two key questions: a) how do practitioners from the three faith communities conceptualise justice in relation to domestic violence and abuse (DVA)? b) how far do these practitioners believe that victims of DVA have access to justice within their respective faith communities? The findings suggest that the concept of structural spiritual abuse should be given more attention by the DVA literature and also by those who are working with women of faith.
Part 1: Introduction: Definitions and debates on Gender Based Violence 1. Key Issues: Researching... more Part 1: Introduction: Definitions and debates on Gender Based Violence 1. Key Issues: Researching Gender Based Violence, Nadia Aghtaie & Geetanjali Gangoli 2. Theorising male power and violence against women: revisiting Millett's Sexual Politics, Marianne Hester Part 2: Researching Gender Based Violence: Methodological Challenges Introduction 3. Concepts, Contexts and Consequences: Methodological insights into researching young people's experiences of IPV, Christine Barter 4. Developing Rapport: The Ethics of 'Reciprocity', Karen Morgan 5. Developing survey measures of attitudes to domestic violence amongst young people in India, LynnMarie Sardinha & Eldin Fahmy Part 3: Researching Gender Based Violence in the UK Introduction 6. Feminist Activism in Movement: UK activism against VAW, Finn Mackay 7. Views and Experiences: Young Men, Masculinity and Gendered Interpersonal Violence, Melanie McCarry 8. Gender, power and the translation of English prostitution policy, Natasha Mulvihill 9. Double Jeopardy: Disabled women's experiences of domestic violence, Ravi K. Thiara & Gill Hague 10. Heterosexual men as victims of domestic violence and abuse: Prevalence, Help-seeking, and challenges to feminist theoretical frameworks, Emma Williamson Part 4: Researching Gender Based Violence in International Contexts Introduction 11. Men as women's guardians: domestic violence in Iran, Nadia Aghtaie 12. Strategic co-option'? Indian feminists, the State and legal activism on domestic violence, Geetanjali Gangoli & Martin Rew 13. Abuse Along the Margins: Gender Based Violence During Displacement, Natasha Price 14. Domestic Violence in China: A Focus on A Health Impact, Qihua Ye.
SEVEN Breaking the silence: rape law in Iran and controlling women&am... more SEVEN Breaking the silence: rape law in Iran and controlling women's sexuality Nadia Aghtaie Introduction Iran has a population of over 70 million and ... Such considerations should be taken into account for the woman as much as for the man.(Shukri and Labriz, 1992, pp 58-63 ...
Using the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) in Iran as an illustration, this article ... more Using the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) in Iran as an illustration, this article explores the continued resistance against girls’ rights in some Islamic countries. The gendered construction of childhood in Iran has resulted in a differential MACR, which for boys is notably higher than that recommended by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, yet for girls is unacceptably low. While breaches of girls’ rights in other areas are defended on the grounds of paternalistic concerns, it is argued that the MACR is a religious-politico decision that, in Iran, upholds the rights of boys but denies the rights of girls, propagating their wider subjugation.
This study extends existing scholarship on coercive control within an intimate relationship by ex... more This study extends existing scholarship on coercive control within an intimate relationship by exploring how some perpetrators use spiritual abuse as part of their control repertoire and how others harness belief and doctrine to exercise a totalising ‘religious coercive control’ over their victims. The analysis in this article draws on two multi-faith datasets: secondary data analysis of 27 semi-structured interviews and primary data collected through an online anonymous survey eliciting 24 qualitative responses, supplemented by 4 follow-up interviews with victim-survivors. Thematic analysis demonstrates the experience and longer-term impact of coercive control on victim-survivors and the barriers to help-seeking, including complicity at familial, community and leadership levels. We articulate their recommendations for change within places of worship and the implications for criminal justice practitioners.
The article is based on a qualitative field study of how justice (in its wider sense) is understo... more The article is based on a qualitative field study of how justice (in its wider sense) is understood by practitioners and religious leaders from Judaism, Islam and Christianity, who work with victims of domestic violence and abuse. The article focuses on two key questions: a) how do practitioners from the three faith communities conceptualise justice in relation to domestic violence and abuse (DVA)? b) how far do these practitioners believe that victims of DVA have access to justice within their respective faith communities? The findings suggest that the concept of structural spiritual abuse should be given more attention by the DVA literature and also by those who are working with women of faith.
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