This book presents a novel and insightful examination of gender-based violence, considering this topic from various perspectives. It encompasses various conceptual discussions and international regulations and trends, while emphasising the legal regulations and practices of select Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries.
This book presents a novel and insightful examination of gender-based violence, inviting readers to consider this topic from various perspectives. It encompasses various conceptual discussions and international regulations and trends, while concurrently emphasising the legal regulations and practices of select Central and Eastern European countries. Significantly underrepresented in legal scholarship, this region has been overlooked and subject to limited comprehensive analyses. The authors address different aspects of gender-based violence, also covering some areas that have received little attention in academic literature, such as gender-based violence in academia and cyberstalking. Furthermore, the book incorporates recent empirical studies, thereby endowing readers with valuable insights into the specific challenges encountered in the region. By contributing to current research on gender-based violence in Europe, this publication is an invaluable resource for researchers, students, policymakers, and general readers interested in gender-based violence and the fight against it in the Central and Eastern European region.
List of figures vii
List of tables viii
List of contributors ix
Foreword xvi
DALIA LEINART
Preface xviii
PART I
Theoretical, political, and legal framework for responding to gender-based
violence 1
1 A feminist approach to gender-based violence: the role of the
objectification and sexualisation of women 3
SANDRA AMANKAVIIT AND MONIKA ALNIERIT
2 Failed hegemonic masculinity, negative emotions, and gender-based violence:
theories and elaborations 21
ARTRAS TEREKINAS
3 Gender-based violence in international instruments and case law of the
European Court of Human Rights 40
AGN LIMANT
4 The Istanbul Convention in the constitutional jurisprudence of Central and
Eastern European states 60
DOVIL PRAIT-ANDRIKIEN
PART II
Spotlight on domestic violence 87
5 Approaches to the criminalisation of domestic violence in Central and
Eastern Europe 89
JOLANTA APOLEVI AND ELBIETA KUZBORSKA-PACHA
6 The changing paradigm in help provision for survivors of intimate partner
violence: specialised complex help vs generic social help model 109
ZUZANA VASILIAUSKAIT, LILIJA HENRIKA VASILIAUSK AND EVELINA DIRMOTAIT
7 Rethinking work with intimate partner perpetrators: new prospects for the
successful implementation of batterer intervention programmes in Lithuania
128
RTA VAIINIEN AND ILONA MICHAILOVI
8 The economic empowerment of women as a factor contributing to the
prevention of domestic violence 150
JOLANTA APOLEVI
9 Gender-based violence against women with disabilities 168
ROKAS USCILA AND DOVIL JUODKAIT
PART III
Gender-based violence in public spaces 187
10 Sexual harassment in the workplace in Lithuania: what does the silence
say? 189
KRISTINA AMBRAZEVIIT
11 What makes academia (un)safe: experiences, observations, and consequences
of gender-based violence in different stages of individual researchers
careers 206
VILANA PILINKAIT SOTIROVI AND GIEDR BLAYT
12 Gender-based violence online: cyberstalking overview in Lithuania 233
LIUBOV JARUTIEN, ILONA MICHAILOVI AND ILONA LAURINAITYT
Index 255
Agn Limant is a chief researcher at the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences.
Artras Terekinas is a professor of sociology at Vytautas Magnus University and a chief researcher at the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences.
Rta Vaiinien is a senior researcher and the Head of the Criminological Research Department at the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences.
