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  • The majority of the homeless population in Malta are women and children. The main reason, I suggest, is the low status of women and the lack of power in the family bargaining process, which makes them vulnerable to abuse and violence by their intimate partners. After presenting evidence on Maltese women's low status, this article draws connections between the low position of women and the high prevalence of domestic violence and its resulted outcome: the feminization of homelessness. In addition to the published literature, this paper draws on three data sources: (1) the 2010 European Commission-sponsored survey, in which 26,800 citizens of EU-27 member states were interviewed regarding domestic violence (Eurobarometer 73.2, ‘Domestic Violence against Women’, 2010); (2) in-depth, interviews conducted with 1200 women from Malta and Gozo in February and March 2010 (Fsadni, The Prevalence of Domestic Violence against Women in Malta and its Impact on their Employment Prospects 2010); and (3) the results of in-depth interviews conducted by the author in June 2011, in Dar Merhba Bik, the main shelter for survivors of domestic violence. Although this study was able to find a significant association between Maltese women's disempowerment, domestic violence and resulted homelessness, additional work is required to see if this association is causal. (xsd:string)
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