Domestic violence self-help groups: taking steps to end victimization. (Consequences of Gender Violence).

From: Women's Health Collection | Date: January 1, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

In situations of domestic violence, the self-help group is an effective answer that incorporates the individual, subjective perspectives of the women who are victims of violence and also addresses the social dimension of the problem (by questioning a society that promotes the subordination of women).

Sharing strategies to confront violence, the steps others have taken and a critical evaluation of our daily lives make rehabilitation and change possible.

Women who are victims of violence are able to take a fundamental step within the group: to come out of a lonely, isolated ...

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