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- catalog abstract "Violence against women is a global problem. Over the past twenty years women have campaigned vigorously against abuses such as wife-beating, rape and sexual harassment. More recently, persistent lobbying by feminists from both North and South has succeeded in establishing official international recognition of gender-based violence as a fundamental violation of human rights. Yet throughout the world it remains very much a hidden problem, the scale of which is vastly underestimated everywhere. This book highlights the extent of the problem through the experiences and analysis of individual women and groups from over 30 countries as diverse as Papua New Guinea, Argentina, Tanzania, France, Scotland, Bosnia, India, and Tibet. Broadly divided by theme, their writings examine the incidence of domestic violence and child sexual abuse, sexual harassment in the workplace, rape and torture in war, genital mutilation, and the effects of male violence on women's reproductive health. But this is also a positive and inspiring book. The pieces are illustrated throughout by a collection of cartoons and posters which attests to the wealth of activity generated by grassroots women's organizations throughout the world. The authors assess the efforts being made worldwide to find solutions, such as the introduction of women's police stations in Brazil and Pakistan, strategies to change the law in the USA and Bangladesh, and population education projects in Canada, Jamaica, and Australia.".
- catalog contributor b7708607.
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description "Beyond the family. Maltreatment of maids in Kuwait / Michele Beasley -- Women's organizations against rape in India : report of a national meeting / Forum against the Oppression of Women -- How common is sexual harassment in Tanzania? / Tanzania Media Women's Association -- Sexual harassment at work in France : what stakes for feminists? / Marie-Victoire Louis -- Child sexual abuse : why the silence must be broken-- notes from the Pacific Region -- Women and violence in post-communist Czechoslovakia / Jiřina Šiklova and Jana Hradilková.".
- catalog description "But this is also a positive and inspiring book. The pieces are illustrated throughout by a collection of cartoons and posters which attests to the wealth of activity generated by grassroots women's organizations throughout the world. The authors assess the efforts being made worldwide to find solutions, such as the introduction of women's police stations in Brazil and Pakistan, strategies to change the law in the USA and Bangladesh, and population education projects in Canada, Jamaica, and Australia.".
- catalog description "Health and sexuality. Gender violence and women's health in Central America / Elizabeth Shrader Cox -- 'We have no rights, not even our bodies'/ Adapted from a report compiled for Campaign Free Tibet -- Female genital mutilation / Efua Dorkenoo and Scilla Elworthy -- Militarism and the sex industry in the Philippines / Sister Mary Soledad Perpinan -- Olongapo : exploited by the army / Anon -- Rape and torture in war. Surviving beyond fear : women and torture in Latin America / Ximena Bunster Burotto.".
- catalog description "Helping women to help themselves : counselling against domestic violence in Australia / Kathy Silard -- Bridging the gap : feminist development work in Glasgow / Jan Macleod, Patricia Bell and Janette Forman.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-258) and index.".
- catalog description "The hidden problem : domestic violence. Understanding the problem / (From the United Nations resource manual Strategies for Confronting Domestic Violence) -- Why male violence against women is a development issue : reflections from Papua New Guinea / Christine Bradley -- Domestic violence : the Northern Ireland response / Women's Aid -- In search of solutions : women's police stations in Brazil / Dorothy Q. Thomas -- India : from sati to sex-determination tests / Sakuntala Narasimhan.".
- catalog description "The rape of women in Bosnia / Slavenka Drakulić -- Government measures and the law. Government measures to confront violence against women / Jane Connors -- Violence against women as bias-motivated hate crime : defining the issues in the USA / Leslie Wolff and Lois Copeland -- The experience in Pakistan / Farida Shaheed -- ' ... On suspicion of illicit relations' / Beena Sarwar -- Education for change. Talking feminist popular education / Popular Education Research Group -- No! to sexual violence in Jamaica / Honor Ford-Smith -- Domestic violence : breaking the cycle in Argentina / Lucrecia Oller -- The circle of healing : Aboriginal women organizing in Canada / MATCH International Centre.".
- catalog description "Violence against women is a global problem. Over the past twenty years women have campaigned vigorously against abuses such as wife-beating, rape and sexual harassment. More recently, persistent lobbying by feminists from both North and South has succeeded in establishing official international recognition of gender-based violence as a fundamental violation of human rights. Yet throughout the world it remains very much a hidden problem, the scale of which is vastly underestimated everywhere. This book highlights the extent of the problem through the experiences and analysis of individual women and groups from over 30 countries as diverse as Papua New Guinea, Argentina, Tanzania, France, Scotland, Bosnia, India, and Tibet. Broadly divided by theme, their writings examine the incidence of domestic violence and child sexual abuse, sexual harassment in the workplace, rape and torture in war, genital mutilation, and the effects of male violence on women's reproductive health.".
- catalog extent "viii, 264 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Women and violence.".
- catalog identifier "1856491455 (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "1856491463 (paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Women and violence.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books,".
- catalog relation "Women and violence.".
- catalog subject "362.88/082 20".
- catalog subject "HV6250.4.W65 W653 1994".
- catalog subject "Violence.".
- catalog subject "Women Crimes against Prevention.".
- catalog subject "Women Crimes against.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Beyond the family. Maltreatment of maids in Kuwait / Michele Beasley -- Women's organizations against rape in India : report of a national meeting / Forum against the Oppression of Women -- How common is sexual harassment in Tanzania? / Tanzania Media Women's Association -- Sexual harassment at work in France : what stakes for feminists? / Marie-Victoire Louis -- Child sexual abuse : why the silence must be broken-- notes from the Pacific Region -- Women and violence in post-communist Czechoslovakia / Jiřina Šiklova and Jana Hradilková.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Health and sexuality. Gender violence and women's health in Central America / Elizabeth Shrader Cox -- 'We have no rights, not even our bodies'/ Adapted from a report compiled for Campaign Free Tibet -- Female genital mutilation / Efua Dorkenoo and Scilla Elworthy -- Militarism and the sex industry in the Philippines / Sister Mary Soledad Perpinan -- Olongapo : exploited by the army / Anon -- Rape and torture in war. Surviving beyond fear : women and torture in Latin America / Ximena Bunster Burotto.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Helping women to help themselves : counselling against domestic violence in Australia / Kathy Silard -- Bridging the gap : feminist development work in Glasgow / Jan Macleod, Patricia Bell and Janette Forman.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The hidden problem : domestic violence. Understanding the problem / (From the United Nations resource manual Strategies for Confronting Domestic Violence) -- Why male violence against women is a development issue : reflections from Papua New Guinea / Christine Bradley -- Domestic violence : the Northern Ireland response / Women's Aid -- In search of solutions : women's police stations in Brazil / Dorothy Q. Thomas -- India : from sati to sex-determination tests / Sakuntala Narasimhan.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The rape of women in Bosnia / Slavenka Drakulić -- Government measures and the law. Government measures to confront violence against women / Jane Connors -- Violence against women as bias-motivated hate crime : defining the issues in the USA / Leslie Wolff and Lois Copeland -- The experience in Pakistan / Farida Shaheed -- ' ... On suspicion of illicit relations' / Beena Sarwar -- Education for change. Talking feminist popular education / Popular Education Research Group -- No! to sexual violence in Jamaica / Honor Ford-Smith -- Domestic violence : breaking the cycle in Argentina / Lucrecia Oller -- The circle of healing : Aboriginal women organizing in Canada / MATCH International Centre.".
- catalog title "Women and violence / compiled by Miranda Davies.".
- catalog type "text".