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Violence against women : what everyone needs to know® /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: True, Jacqui (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Series:What everyone needs to know.
Subjects:
Women > Crimes against.
Girls > Crimes against.
Women > Violence against.
Girls > Violence against.
Abused women.
Violent crimes.
Crime Victims
Battered Women
Femmes > Crimes contre.
Filles > Crimes contre.
Femmes > Violence envers.
Filles > Violence envers.
Femmes victimes de violence.
Crimes violents.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Overview and definitions
  • What is violence against women and girls (VAWG)?
  • Historical struggle
  • Mapping VAWG globally
  • VAWG and gender discrimintaiton, inequality, and power
  • Conflict-related VAWG
  • Part 2: Causes of VAWG
  • Men, masculinities, and VAWG
  • Culture and VAWG
  • VAWG and the media
  • Development, poverty, and VAWG
  • Employment, precarity, and VAWG
  • Migration, human trafficing, and VAWG
  • VAWG and land/property rights
  • Part 3: Contexts and impacts
  • Education, schools, and VAWG
  • VAWG and the environment
  • International security and VAWG
  • VAWG and health and reproductive rights
  • Part 4: Responses
  • Legal frameworks: National and international
  • Policy frameworks and solutions
  • Economics and VAWG
  • Advocacy frameworks: Ending VAWG.