How big is the problem of violence against women? The challenge of intersectional measurement at the global level
Asia and the Pacific Policy Society podcast:
Professor Sally Engle Merry, a leading expert on gender-based violence, talks about international efforts to measure violence against women, whether the Sustainable Development Goals are giving momentum to the issue or complicating it still further, and whether the #MeToo movement marks a turning point in tackling gender-based violence.
Gender Institute podcast:
This talk by Professor Sally Engle Merry explores the challenges and the efforts of the United Nations to come up with a set of indicators to measure violence against women globally. While the UN effort is fraught with difficulty and ultimately misses a great deal, it also is essential in order to support the global social movement against violence against women.