Gender Relations and Conflict Economic Violence and Women There have been widespread cases of economic violence against women in the whole world. The World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development has highlighted the cases in much detail. Among the various forms of economic violence against women, the most common is men refusing to pay for child support. Many men do a lot to ensure that they do not pay for child support. These men abandon the state or even work just to avoid their earnings being reported. Some of these men even lower their living standards to elude paying support to the kids they fathered