Gender-Based Violence and the Law

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.

PART I
Theoretical, political, and legal framework for responding to gender-based violence
1. A feminist approach to gender-based violence: the role of the objectification and sexualisation of women
2. Failed hegemonic masculinity, negative emotions, and gender-based violence: theories and elaborations
3. Gender-based violence in international instruments and case law of the European Court of Human Rights
4. The Istanbul Convention in the constitutional jurisprudence of Central and Eastern European states

PART II
Spotlight on domestic violence
5. Approaches to the criminalisation of domestic violence in Central and Eastern Europe
6. The changing paradigm in help provision for survivors of intimate partner violence: specialised complex help vs generic social help model
7. Rethinking work with intimate partner perpetrators: new prospects for the successful implementation of batterer intervention programmes in Lithuania
8. The economic empowerment of women as a factor contributing to the prevention of domestic violence
9. Gender-based violence against women with disabilities

PART III
Gender-based violence in public spaces
10. Sexual harassment in the workplace in Lithuania: what does the silence say?
11. What makes academia (un)safe: experiences, observations, and consequences of gender-based violence in different stages of individual researchers’ careers
12. Gender-based violence online: cyberstalking overview in Lithuania