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This chapter focuses on the application of the fuzzy-set approach for the measurement of violence against women (VAW). Gender-based violence is a complex and multi-faceted phenomenon. It is defined by the United Nations (UN) as any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life. VAW is a universally recognised concern because it results in harm or suffering. Measuring harm is therefore central to measuring violence. In addition, and equally important, our severity scale gauges relative severity strictly for a given type of violence while remaining intentionally silent about the comparative severity of acts of different types of violence. Economy, simplicity and less arbitrariness are actual advantages in favour of the fuzzy scale, provided the latter yields ‘credible’ results. |
