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"Prevalence rates of partner violence are high for women in general, but disabled women seem to be even more vulnerable. To explore this question, interviews were conducted with a representative sample of women with physical, mental, intellectual, hearing, and vision disabilities living in households (N=800) and in institutions (N=420). Additionally, a supplementary survey with a non-representative sample of blind, severely physically/ multiply disabled, and deaf women (N=341) and qualitative interviews with thirty-one victimized women with disabilities were conducted. The standardized questionnaire was comparable to an earlier German representative survey on violence against women in the general population (N=10,264). Overall, 25 to 45 percent of women with disabilities had experienced intimate partner violence, which is two to five times the rate for the general population (depending on the specific group). Type and severity of disability, living situation, and experience of discrimination and violence in childhood and adolescence correlated with increased vulnerability. The findings confirm the hypothesis of elevated vulnerability discussed in international research and deepen insights into risk factors for victimization, for example discrimination, violence in childhood and youth, life situation, and type of disability. The results are crucial for further research as well as for prevention, intervention and support." (author's abstract)

Cover -- Violence against Women and Ethnicity: Commonalities and Differences across Europe -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Preface (Renate Klein) -- Introduction (Ravi K. Thiara, Stephanie Condon and Monika Schröttle) -- Part 1: Building and Sharing Knowledge about Violence Against Women in Europe -- Violence Against Women: Still a Political Problem Throughout Europe (Rosa Logar) -- What Do We Know About Gendered Violence and Ethnicity Across Europe From Surveys? (Stephanie Condon, Maud Lesné and Monika Schröttle) -- Part 2: Making the Links -- Particularly Violent? The Construction of Muslim Culture as a Risk Factor for Domestic Violence (Renée Römkens with Esmah Lahlah) -- Immigrant Women and Domestic Violence: Intersectional Perspectives in a Biographical Context (Nadja Lehmann) -- From the Racialization of Sexism to Sexism as an Identity Marker (Christelle Hamel) -- Part 3: Forms and Effects of Violence Against Women -- Male Violence Against Migrant Women: Denying Rights in a Racist Gender System (Sabine Masson and Patricia Roux) -- Violence Against Migrant Women, Health and Sexuality: Trajectories of Women from Sub-Saharan Africa Living with HIV/AIDS in France (Dolorès Pourette) -- Violence Against Women and the Social, Ethnic and Sexual Division of Labour: Continuity and Disparity Between Community Care Workers' Experiences (Emmanuelle Lada and Ghislaine Doniol-Shaw) -- Ethnicities in the Aftermaths of Sexualised Coercion - Common Issues and Diverse Personal Meanings (Bodil Pedersen) -- Correlates of Partner Violence and Health among Migrant Women in Germany: Results of Comparable Analyses of Quantitative Survey Data (Monika Schröttle and Nadia Khelaifat) -- Racism, Violence and Health: The Living Experience of Immigrant Women In An Italian City (Patrizia Romito, Giuditta Creazzo, Daniela Paci and Emanuela Pipitone).

This book draws together both: theory and practice on minority/migrant women and gendered violence. The interplay of gender, ethnicity, religion, class, generation and sexuality in shaping the lives, experiences and choices of minority/migrant women affected by violence has not always been adequately theorised within much of the existing writing on violence against women. Feminist theory, especially the insights provided by the concept of intersectionality, are central to the editors' conceptual frameworks. Violence against women has received greater political attention across Europe since the 1990s, leading also to increased research in this area. While the responses to the issue vary in different European contexts, there are clearly some similarities reported about the forms and impacts of violence against women. Research and practice traditions on the issue also vary, depending on the level of importance and resources attached. Despite extensive research on violence against women generally, knowledge on the issues and experiences of women and children from minority/migrant groups is more fragmented and at times scant. This leaves a clear gap and no book has yet drawn together both existing research and practice on minority/migrant women and gendered violence in a theorised way. Such a book is long overdue. It has far reaching relevance as minority/migrant communities are settled in all major countries across Europe, which are all struggling with similar issues in research and practice.