1st Edition
Gender-Based Violence and the Law Global Perspectives and Eastern European Practices
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 LEINARTĖ
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 AMANKAVIČIŪTĖ AND MONIKA ŽALNIERIŪTĖ
2 Failed hegemonic masculinity, negative emotions, and gender-based violence: theories and elaborations 21
ARTŪRAS TEREŠKINAS
3 Gender-based violence in international instruments and case law of the European Court of Human Rights 40
AGNĖ LIMANTĖ
4 The Istanbul Convention in the constitutional jurisprudence of Central and Eastern European states 60
DOVILĖ PŪRAITĖ-ANDRIKIENĖ
PART II
Spotlight on domestic violence 87
5 Approaches to the criminalisation of domestic violence in Central and Eastern Europe 89
JOLANTA APOLEVIČ AND ELŻBIETA 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 VASILIAUSKAITĖ, LILIJA HENRIKA VASILIAUSKĖ AND EVELINA DIRMOTAITĖ
7 Rethinking work with intimate partner perpetrators: new prospects for the successful implementation of batterer intervention programmes in Lithuania 128
RŪTA VAIČIŪNIENĖ AND ILONA MICHAILOVIČ
8 The economic empowerment of women as a factor contributing to the prevention of domestic violence 150
JOLANTA APOLEVIČ
9 Gender-based violence against women with disabilities 168
ROKAS USCILA AND DOVILĖ JUODKAITĖ
PART III
Gender-based violence in public spaces 187
10 Sexual harassment in the workplace in Lithuania: what does the silence say? 189
KRISTINA AMBRAZEVIČIŪTĖ
11 What makes academia (un)safe: experiences, observations, and consequences of gender-based violence in different stages of individual researchers’ careers 206
VILANA PILINKAITĖ SOTIROVIČ AND GIEDRĖ BLAŽYTĖ
12 Gender-based violence online: cyberstalking overview in Lithuania 233
LIUBOVĖ JARUTIENĖ, ILONA MICHAILOVIČ AND ILONA LAURINAITYTĖ
Index 255
Biography
Agnė Limantė is a chief researcher at the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences.
Artūras Tereškinas is a professor of sociology at Vytautas Magnus University and a chief researcher at the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences.
Rūta Vaičiūnienė is a senior researcher and the Head of the Criminological Research Department at the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences.
