Citation

Krizsan A, Popa RM. Violence Against Women 2014; 20(7): 758-782.

Affiliation

Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801214543386

PMID

25053673

Abstract

The article looks at the translation of international norms on domestic violence to the national level in five Central and Eastern European countries. It argues that translation brings a concept of domestic violence, which stretches gender equality ideas underpinning international norms so as to be easier to endorse by mainstream policy actors, and results in policies framed in degendered individual rights terms. The potential for keeping gender equality in focus is then guaranteed by gendering policy processes through empowerment of gender equality actors at all stages. Absence of ownership of the policy by gender equality actors risks co-optation by frames contesting gender equality.

Language: en