Given the mixed evidence on whether women’s economic and social empowerment is beneficial or not for reducing intimate partner violence (IPV), we explored the relationship between women’s empowerment

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Latina and Caribbean Immigrant Women’s Experiences With Intimate Partner Violence: A Story of Ambivalent Sexism (2018) · doi

  Despite extensive descriptive work on intimate partner violence (IPV) among Latina and Caribbean immigrant women (LCIW), culturally appropriate interventions for primary and secondary prevention of IPV for this population remain lacking.

  Keywords: despite extensive descriptive intimate partner violence among latina caribbean immigrant women lciw culturally appropriate interventions
• Associations Between Women’s Economic and Social Empowerment and Intimate Partner Violence: Findings From a Microfinance Plus Program in Rural North West Province, South Africa (2019) · doi

  Given the mixed evidence on whether women’s economic and social empowerment is beneficial or not for reducing intimate partner violence (IPV), we explored the relationship between women’s empowerment and IPV risk.

  Keywords: women empowerment given mixed evidence whether economic social beneficial reducing intimate partner violence explored relationship
• Using a Model of Economic Solvency to Understand the Connection between Economic Factors and Intimate Partner Violence (2018)

  Poverty is a risk factor for intimate partner violence (IPV); however, little is known about the economic state at which women are no longer at risk for IPV due to their economic status, which is economic solvency.

  Keywords: economic risk poverty factor intimate partner violence little known state women longer status solvency