ECONOMIC FACTORS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND FOREIGN EXPERIENCE IN WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

Authors

  • Shakhnoza Khamraeva Social specialist at International Consulting Company “Juru”

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17149546

Keywords:

women, violence, economic empowerment, gender equality, domestic violence, unpaid work.

Abstract

This article focuses on issues such as economic empowerment of women and its impact on preventing violence against women in the country. In particular, economic dependence of women is shown as one of the main factors that lead to gender violence in the family. Also, the activities carried out in order to improve the economic situation of women, in Uzbekistan are analyzed, and a number of proposals are made for improving the situation concerning economic empowerment of women based on the experience of developed countries.

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Published

2025-09-17

How to Cite

Khamraeva, S. (2025). ECONOMIC FACTORS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND FOREIGN EXPERIENCE IN WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT. Academic Research in Modern Science, 4(53), 94-102. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17149546