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violence against mothers/children  

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  • Violence against mothers and children is a serious, persistent, and global social problem. Scholars and activists primarily embed violence against mothers and children in a discourse connected to the universal right for all women to live free from violence. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Violence against Mothers/Children]

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