Sentences with phrase «partner violence in the country»

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Among them are the rights to: bullet joint parenting; bullet joint adoption; bullet joint foster care, custody, and visitation (including non-biological parents); bullet status as next - of - kin for hospital visits and medical decisions where one partner is too ill to be competent; bullet joint insurance policies for home, auto and health; bullet dissolution and divorce protections such as community property and child support; bullet immigration and residency for partners from other countries; bullet inheritance automatically in the absence of a will; bullet joint leases with automatic renewal rights in the event one partner dies or leaves the house or apartment; bullet inheritance of jointly - owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship (which avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate); bullet benefits such as annuities, pension plans, Social Security, and Medicare; bullet spousal exemptions to property tax increases upon the death of one partner who is a co-owner of the home; bullet veterans» discounts on medical care, education, and home loans; joint filing of tax returns; bullet joint filing of customs claims when traveling; bullet wrongful death benefits for a surviving partner and children; bullet bereavement or sick leave to care for a partner or child; bullet decision - making power with respect to whether a deceased partner will be cremated or not and where to bury him or her; bullet crime victims» recovery benefits; bullet loss of consortium tort benefits; bullet domestic violence protection orders; bullet judicial protections and evidentiary immunity; bullet and more...

The research, carried out in countries including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Mexico, and Rwanda, also found that men with more equitable attitudes were significantly more likely to participate in household tasks and less likely to use violence against a partner.

Men in low and middle income countries are generally positive about gender equality — but their participation in household and caregiving tasks remains low, and levels of intimate partner violence are still high, according to a study published in the Men and Masculinities journal.

I am proud to support our law enforcement and legislative partners working to prevent gun violence in states across the country.»

Now, in a new study in 29 low - income and middle - income countries, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health have identified yet another serious health risk associated with intimate partner violence (IPV): smoking.

Intimate partner violence is a serious problem in low - and middle - income countries.

Stöckl H et al., Intimate partner violence among adolescents and young women: prevalence and associated factors in nine countries: a cross-sectional study, BMC Public Health, 2014, 14:751, http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-14-751.

In high - income settings, there is a well - established link between witnessing intimate partner violence and increased risk of exposure to other violence in childhood, but there is limited evidence from low - income countries and on where increased risk of exposure to other violence is coming froIn high - income settings, there is a well - established link between witnessing intimate partner violence and increased risk of exposure to other violence in childhood, but there is limited evidence from low - income countries and on where increased risk of exposure to other violence is coming froin childhood, but there is limited evidence from low - income countries and on where increased risk of exposure to other violence is coming from.

WHO's Violence Against Women instrument (VAWI) has been used in several countries around the world in order to investigate violence against women by their intimate male partners, but aspects of reliability and validity have seldom been invesViolence Against Women instrument (VAWI) has been used in several countries around the world in order to investigate violence against women by their intimate male partners, but aspects of reliability and validity have seldom been invesviolence against women by their intimate male partners, but aspects of reliability and validity have seldom been investigated.

The WHO Violence Prevention alliance and partners have released a new document focusing on the role of parenting programs in violence prevention with a particular focus on low and middle income coViolence Prevention alliance and partners have released a new document focusing on the role of parenting programs in violence prevention with a particular focus on low and middle income coviolence prevention with a particular focus on low and middle income countries.

Prevalence of intimate partner violence in Latin American countries and the co-occurrence of physical and inappropriate discipline (Doctoral dissertation).