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Addressing the Continuum of Violence; A Policy Analysis of Northern Ireland's Strategy to End Violence Against Women and Girls

Sundlöf, Stina LU (2025) FKVK02 20251
Department of Political Science
Abstract
In light of a feminist read of violence as existent along continuums, this study examines how violence against women and girls is discursively represented in Northern Ireland’s strategy to End Violence Against Women and Girls. This is done based on Carol Bacchi’s “What’s the Problem Represented to be” approach to policy analysis, through which two prominent problem representations were identified. The first one formulates violence against women and girls as a ‘problem’ of harmful culture rooted in misogyny, while the second one problematizes it as a lack of collective effort across government and society. Through these representations, it is unveiled how the strategy alludes to the
interconnectedness of different types of violence across... (More)
In light of a feminist read of violence as existent along continuums, this study examines how violence against women and girls is discursively represented in Northern Ireland’s strategy to End Violence Against Women and Girls. This is done based on Carol Bacchi’s “What’s the Problem Represented to be” approach to policy analysis, through which two prominent problem representations were identified. The first one formulates violence against women and girls as a ‘problem’ of harmful culture rooted in misogyny, while the second one problematizes it as a lack of collective effort across government and society. Through these representations, it is unveiled how the strategy alludes to the
interconnectedness of different types of violence across time and space, as
conceptualized by feminist peace research. However, the strategy falls short on
the recognition of past conflict and contemporary paramilitary-related coercive
control in the region. (Less)
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author
Sundlöf, Stina LU
supervisor
organization
course
FKVK02 20251
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Northern Ireland, VAWG, continuum of violence, WPR
language
English
id
9210330
date added to LUP
2025-09-10 15:44:56
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2025-09-10 15:44:56
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  abstract     = {{In light of a feminist read of violence as existent along continuums, this study examines how violence against women and girls is discursively represented in Northern Ireland’s strategy to End Violence Against Women and Girls. This is done based on Carol Bacchi’s “What’s the Problem Represented to be” approach to policy analysis, through which two prominent problem representations were identified. The first one formulates violence against women and girls as a ‘problem’ of harmful culture rooted in misogyny, while the second one problematizes it as a lack of collective effort across government and society. Through these representations, it is unveiled how the strategy alludes to the
interconnectedness of different types of violence across time and space, as
conceptualized by feminist peace research. However, the strategy falls short on
the recognition of past conflict and contemporary paramilitary-related coercive
control in the region.}},
  author       = {{Sundlöf, Stina}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Addressing the Continuum of Violence; A Policy Analysis of Northern Ireland's Strategy to End Violence Against Women and Girls}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}