| dc.description.abstract | This report presents the findings from the UN Multi-country Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific. This study was designed to generate knowledge on how masculinities—identities and patterns of practices that shape gender norms for men—relate to men’s perceptions and perpetration of violence against women in order to prevent it. The study aimed to deepen understanding of the meaning and causes of men’s violence against women. The research was also conceptualised to ascertain men’s own experiences of violence as victims and/or as witnesses and to assess how that may be related to men’s perpetration of different types of violence.
The study was a collaborative effort involving partners from academia, research institutes, civil society, the United Nations family and governments around the globe. It was developed and coordinated by Partners for Prevention with the Medical Research Council of South Africa and study teams in each country who led the surveying. This report is based upon the population-based quantitative survey component of the study, which was conducted from 2010-2013 with more than 10,000 men and 3,000 women in nine sites across six countries in the region (Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Papua New Guinea).
The data were collected and analysed from a scientific epidemiological perspective. To ensure data comparability across sites, the study used a standardised structured questionnaire. Male subjects were interviewed by male interviewers and female subjects were interviewed by female interviewers. | en_US |
