Using Women's Economic Empowerment to Combat Intimate Partner Violence

This book explores the link between women’s economic empowerment and intimate partner violence (IPV) reduction by analysing how economic independence and access to resources empower women to address and escape abusive situations.
Examining the systemic barriers that hinder progress, such as cultural norms, legal constraints, and gaps in social protection systems, it offers evidence-based analysis and practical recommendations including microfinance, skill-building initiatives, and community-based programmes, to create a vital resource for policymakers, social workers, and advocates committed to creating safer, more equitable communities. IPV remains a pervasive challenge in the 21st century, profoundly affecting individuals, families, and societies across the globe. Its far-reaching consequences undermine not only the safety and well-being of victims but also broader efforts towards gender equality and social justice.
Combining insights from economics, gender, social work, sociology and development studies as well as mental health, this book offers a way forward and will be of interest to all scholars, students and professionals working in these areas.

Tatenda Manomano is the discipline lead in Social Work and a senior lecturer in the Australian College of Applied Professions University College, as well as a research fellow at the University of the Free State.

Eziwe Mutsikiwa is a research, monitoring and evaluation and gender expert consultant in Zimbabwe with significant research experience in issues that involve women and intimate partner violence and children.

Nicole Dubus is a Professor of Social Work at San Jose University in the United States of America.