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  • Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) continues to pose a serious threat to the well-being of women worldwide. A serious shortcoming of IPV statistics is under-reporting by women surveyed. A recent study[1] studies the role of geographic proximity of the wife’s natal family to incidences of IPV. Such proximity shapes power dynamics in marriage, especially in patrilocal…

  • The acronym FOMO – the fear of missing out – first appeared in 2004. It was not very different from the pressure to surpass one’s neighbors (keeping up with the Joneses) in terms of social status, standard of living and possessions. With the growing importance of social media, this term now seems to have adopted…