Domestic Violence against Women in Egypt

Domestic violence is recognized as the most pervasiveform of violence against women and almost allcountries in the world experience this scourge. Yetit was only in 1993 that the United Nations adoptedthe Declaration on the Elimination of Violenceagainst Women the first international human rightsinstrument to deal specifically with the issue. Untilrecently data from low and middle income countrieswas limited. In particular few representativestudies had been conducted in Africa and the MiddleEast. This book explores risk factors and healthoutcomes associated with wife-beating as reported byEgyptian women throughout the country. The findingsshould shed light on the magnitude and issues relatedto wife-beating in an understudied region. Theyshould be especially useful to policy makers thecommunity of governmental and non-governmentalorganizations the civil society at large as well asresearchers working to improve women's health andstatus. The book should also be valuable tospecialists in health promotion and behavior changecommunication to donor agencies and to anyoneinterested in women's issues.