Violence against Women: Systematic Review

Aim: Violence against women (VAW) all over the world threatens their physical, mental, andsocial status. This study attempts to systematically review VAW.Methods: First, a search strategywas designed based on Keywords and Mesh system. Then, different search engines such asScienceDirect, PubMed, and World Health Organization, Google Scholar, Iranmedex, Magiran,and SID were used to carry out an extensive search. Quality assessments were done on the resultsof the search and finally, articles in different groups were classified based on the analyzed subjectsand result contents. Findings: After the quality of articles was analyzed, 270 articles were selectedwhich were within the research framework. Of these articles, 125 articles were in English and 140articles were in Persian. The articles were categorized into four groups. All these articles examinedthe issue of VAW. 172 articles were about VAW and its effect on health, 26 articles were in areasof VAW and juridical and legal aspects, 36 articles were about VAW and its cultural aspects and31 articles were related to VAW and its economic repercussions.Conclusion: VAW was observedin all countries and nearly in all social, economic, racial, geographical classes and among all agegroups. Although this issue has been examined in its different aspects and by differentorganizations, it is continuously occurring all over the world. The results of this study showed thatthese articles did not offer any appropriate strategy to deal with this predicament. Thus, nationaland international research about the present issue and interventional and practical studies are stillrequired.

Keywords:

Violence against women (VAW) , physical , mental , social