the end of this week we have again thinking and talking about gender-based violence, such violence that continues and it is a social problem because you can not only explain key "events" or "individual pathology" because their roots are very old and linked to social structures of inequality, I would like to draw attention to a work very short, concise and well informed is now available free on the Web is the work of two colleagues from the Department of Gender Studies at the University of Valladolid, Eva Anton and Laura San Miguel Torres, entitled What You Should Know GBV. A marvel of clarity and conciseness for different aspects: internal definitions, global magnitude of the problem, the origin of concept, personal and social consequences, secondary victimization, myths about domestic violence, the cycle of violence (we might call the cycle of abusive strategies to keep the victim under control), the situation in groups with specific problems ( orwith disabled women, immigrants, etc..), and finally, the proposals of the international expert bodies, the Comprehensive Law of the English legal and recommendations for the whole society and for women victims of violence. Free download
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Another practical application of great interest is the guidance of the psychologist Sonia Vaccaro of the Committee for Research on Violence Against Women What if my child has been abused? offers excellent professional advice for difficult situations, from attitudes of understanding and protection for practical details on how difficult the isolation of the young and the harassment of the perpetrator. Index titles answer questions like: What I can do? What should I do? Far involved? When to intervene? How I can help? Where to turn? What resources do I offer? Free download here hope you find them useful as elements of understanding of this serious problem or as a way of helping those in need at a time that is sometimes not easy to find support informed. We can all contribute our grain of sand to move toward a more just world.