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Social Marketing for Social Change: Community Engagement and Policy in Preventing Women’s Killings
Abstract
Violence against women remains a persistent global challenge, particularly in contexts where honor-related norms regulate gender relations, reputation, and social legitimacy. This study examines how social marketing and communication-based interventions are conceptualized in the literature as mechanisms for preventing violence in honor-regulated environments. Adopting a qualitative, exploratory, literature-based design, scholarly articles and policy reports were analyzed thematically. The study focuses on intervention logics linking communication strategies, community engagement, and policy influence in violence prevention. Five interconnected mechanisms emerged. First, honor-related violence operates through systems of normative control embedded in patriarchal social orders. Second, culturally resonant reframing strategies reinterpret the meaning of honor to reduce resistance and promote gender-equitable narratives. Third, community ownership and stakeholder coalitions enable locally legitimate and sustainable prevention processes. Fourth, engaging men and boys as allies through positive masculinity frameworks supports shifts in gender norms and accountability structures. Fifth, multi-channel communication strategies, combined with institutional and policy scaffolding, strengthen prevention infrastructure and governance responses. The findings suggest that social marketing contributes to violence prevention through awareness campaigns and by linking norm transformation, community participation, and institutional accountability, offering a conceptual framework to inform social work practice, policy development, and future research on gender-based violence prevention.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Social Work (Other)
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Publication Date
April 30, 2026
Submission Date
December 2, 2024
Acceptance Date
April 8, 2026
Published in Issue
Year 2026 Volume: 37 Number: 2
APA
Durmuş Şenyapar, H. N. (2026). Social Marketing for Social Change: Community Engagement and Policy in Preventing Women’s Killings. Toplum Ve Sosyal Hizmet, 37(2), 673-708. https://doi.org/10.33417/tsh.1594949
AMA
1.Durmuş Şenyapar HN. Social Marketing for Social Change: Community Engagement and Policy in Preventing Women’s Killings. Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet. 2026;37(2):673-708. doi:10.33417/tsh.1594949
Chicago
Durmuş Şenyapar, Hafize Nurgül. 2026. “Social Marketing for Social Change: Community Engagement and Policy in Preventing Women’s Killings”. Toplum Ve Sosyal Hizmet 37 (2): 673-708. https://doi.org/10.33417/tsh.1594949.
EndNote
Durmuş Şenyapar HN (April 1, 2026) Social Marketing for Social Change: Community Engagement and Policy in Preventing Women’s Killings. Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet 37 2 673–708.
IEEE
[1]H. N. Durmuş Şenyapar, “Social Marketing for Social Change: Community Engagement and Policy in Preventing Women’s Killings”, Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 673–708, Apr. 2026, doi: 10.33417/tsh.1594949.
ISNAD
Durmuş Şenyapar, Hafize Nurgül. “Social Marketing for Social Change: Community Engagement and Policy in Preventing Women’s Killings”. Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet 37/2 (April 1, 2026): 673-708. https://doi.org/10.33417/tsh.1594949.
JAMA
1.Durmuş Şenyapar HN. Social Marketing for Social Change: Community Engagement and Policy in Preventing Women’s Killings. Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet. 2026;37:673–708.
MLA
Durmuş Şenyapar, Hafize Nurgül. “Social Marketing for Social Change: Community Engagement and Policy in Preventing Women’s Killings”. Toplum Ve Sosyal Hizmet, vol. 37, no. 2, Apr. 2026, pp. 673-08, doi:10.33417/tsh.1594949.
Vancouver
1.Hafize Nurgül Durmuş Şenyapar. Social Marketing for Social Change: Community Engagement and Policy in Preventing Women’s Killings. Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet. 2026 Apr. 1;37(2):673-708. doi:10.33417/tsh.1594949