Global Perspectives On Violence Against Women And Girls

Author : Tamsin Bradley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178699416X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Perspectives on Violence against Women and Girls written by Tamsin Bradley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the movement to end all forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG) gains momentum around the world, this provocative new work applies an innovative theoretical lens to gendered violence across a wide variety of countries and contexts. Global Perspectives on Violence against Women and Girls engages with VAWG in the UK and across the global South, including case studies from India, Pakistan and South Sudan. Considering various forms of violence including harmful cultural practices such as FGM to Early Child Marriage, dowry and bride price related harassment, stranger rape, work-based harassment, Intimate Partner Violence and other forms of domestic violence, this important volume creates an original critical lens by combining the ecology model, the intersectional approach and a spectrum designed to identify the range of different forms of VAWG in a given context. Arguing for a greater understanding of the local political and cultural contexts in which VAWG is allowed to flourish, Global Perspectives on Violence against Women and Girls is one of the few works to give due prominence to local women's organizations in the global South and beyond, who it argues must ultimately play the leading role in ending VAWG. At a time when the fight against violent misogyny finds itself at a critical turning point, this volume makes a substantial and timely contribution towards the ultimate goal of ending VAWG.

Author : Holly Johnson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387732047
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Violence Against Women written by Holly Johnson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-11-23 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an international, comparative survey which interviews random samples of women about their experiences with male violence. The authors form a management team for the International Violence Against Women Survey (IVAWS). The primary objective of IVAWS is to investigate the level and nature of victimization of women in a number of countries worldwide This work builds on the international network and experience of the European Institute of Crime Prevention and Control (HUENI).

Author : Janet A. Sigal
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440803366
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Violence against Girls and Women written by Janet A. Sigal and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexual assault, sex trafficking, and child abuse affect millions of women and girls globally each year. This two-volume set covers a broad scope of topics, from violence against girls before birth, in childhood, and throughout women's adult lives. Millions of women around the world—some data suggests as many as three in every four women—face violence against them throughout their lifetimes. The incidences range from the earliest stages of life with infanticide, to child trafficking, sexual assault, and domestic violence, to the end of life by elder abuse. This two-volume set provides a comprehensively broad treatment of the global problem of violence against women, addressing less commonly discussed subjects such as domestic violence in lesbian couples, abuse within the context of war crimes, and the incidence of violence and abuse against women internationally as compared to within the United States.

Author : Anita Kalunta-Crumpton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498580971
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Violence against Women of African Descent written by Anita Kalunta-Crumpton and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-10-11 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa as a continent, which holds strong to its patriarchal cultural principles and practices, is known for its blatant display of violent abuse of women, including state-sanctioned violence, and its lax approach to national legislative policies and international treaties against violence against women. Using data from Africa, the Americas, Australia, and Europe, this edited collection showcases a variety of experiences and perspectives in the international comparative study of violence against women of African ancestry. This approach provides the context for examining the problem of violence against women, including its policy and practice responses (if any), as it impacts women of African origin in different parts of the world. This book is of value to those interested in African studies, criminology, gender studies, sociology, and many more.

Author : Holly Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135006032
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Issues on Violence Against Women written by Holly Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violence against women is a global problem and despite a wealth of knowledge and inspiring action around the globe, it continues unabated. Bringing together the very best in international scholarship with a rich variety of pedagogical features, this innovative new textbook on violence against women is specifically designed to provoke debate, interrogate assumptions and encourage critical thinking about this global issue. This book presents a range of critical reflections on the strengths and limitations of responses to violent crimes against women and how they have evolved to date. Each section is introduced with an overview of a particular topic by an expert in the field, followed by thoughtful reflections by researchers, practitioners, or advocates that incorporate new research findings, a new initiative, or innovative ideas for reform. Themes covered include: advances in measurement of violence against women, justice system responses to intimate partner violence and sexual assault, victim crisis and advocacy, behaviour change programs for abusers, and prevention of violence against women. Each section is supplemented with learning objectives, critical thinking questions and lists of further reading and resources to encourage discussion and to help students to appreciate the contested nature of policy. The innovative structure will bring debate alive in the classroom or seminar and makes the book perfect reading for courses on violence against women, gender and crime, victimology, and crime prevention.

Author : Sonali Shah
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351619098
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disability, Gender and Violence over the Life Course written by Sonali Shah and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-20 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to explore the interplay of disability, gender and violence over the life course from researcher, practitioner and survivor perspectives. It gives due weight to the accounts of disabled children and adults who have survived institutional or individual violence, evidencing barriers to recognition, disclosure and reporting. Written by disabled and non-disabled women from around the world, Disability, Gender and Violence over the Life Course addresses the dearth of voices and experiences of disabled women and girls in empirical research, policy and practice on issues of violence, victimisation, protection, support and prevention. Divided into three parts – Childhood, Adulthood and Older Life – this collection offers diverse perspectives on the intersectionality of disability, age, ethnicity, sexuality and violence that have hitherto been absent. This book will be an invaluable resource for students and practitioners of multiple fields of practice and academic studies, including health and social care, nursing, social work, childhood studies, gender studies, disability studies, safeguarding and child protection, equality and human rights, sociology and criminology.

Author : Kathleen Nadeau
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440862249
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women and Violence written by Kathleen Nadeau and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-11-08 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important and timely reference work examines violence against women and gender-based discrimination around the world, providing a global perspective on why this kind of oppression is still occurring in the 21st century. Within the past decade, the attention that has been paid to violence against women by international government organizations such as the United Nations and World Health Organization has grown. Yet silences around the violent treatment of women remains across the world, particularly in those countries where women's rights are not protected and statistics are not available. Women and Violence encompasses a global perspective of the history, causes, and complex underpinnings of gender and violence from a multidimensional and cross-disciplinary perspective. Chapters focus on a specific world region, including North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and East Asia, South and Southeast Asia, and Oceania. Each chapter begins with a general discussion on its world region, then focuses on particular forms of violence against women in the more specific contexts of particular countries and in relation to the wider region. Readers will be able to make cross-cultural comparisons, learning how to view gender-based violence and women's advocacy against discrimination that is occurring around the world.

Author : Carolyn Gentle-Genitty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781536136104
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender Violence written by Carolyn Gentle-Genitty and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book begins a conversation about a field of practice which has been marred by victims of all kinds, races, and cultures. The author aims is to allow a platform for a country-to-country dialogue. A conversation that centers not only on where people are physically located, but what violence means when coupled with gender differences. This book examines different types of violence and its effect on different cultures from a global perspective, but also shares the prevalence and implications these acts have for humanity as a whole.

Author : Marjorie Agosín
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813529837
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women, Gender, and Human Rights written by Marjorie Agosín and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: II: WOMEN AND HEALTH

Author : Shonali Choudhury
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319604171
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Perspectives on Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Across the Lifecourse written by Shonali Choudhury and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This expansive survey spotlights pervasive issues affecting girls’ and women’s sexual and reproductive health across the lifecourse. Research from diverse countries around the world analyzes the complex relationships among biological, psychological, sociocultural, and economic issues—particularly in terms of inequities—as they shape women’s lives. Major challenges and possibilities for intervention are examined in their national context and with their global implications, including child marriage/motherhood, reproductive care and access, fertility, childbearing, contraception, abortion, HIV/STIs, gender-based violence, sexual pleasure, and menopause. In these forceful dispatches, a consistent human rights perspective emphasizes women’s control, autonomy, and agency in all stages of their lives. A sampling of topics covered: Girl child marriage: a persistent global women’s health and human rights violation Investigating challenges and resilience among women living with obstetric fistula in Kenya A qualitative exploration of mainstream and social media reflections on abortion A continuum of severity of sexual intimate partner violence among black women in the United States Economic empowerment to improve sexual and reproductive health among women and girls Summarizing an interdisciplinary field on research and practical levels, Global Perspectives on Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Across the Lifecourse will be an invaluable text for undergraduate and graduate courses in a wide range of fields, including public health, global health, women’s studies, sociology, anthropology, gender studies, and human rights.