Forsaken Females: The Global Brutalization of Women

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Rowman & Littlefield, 2006 - 253 páginas
Forsaken Females describes the varied types of violence women experience throughout the life course, from female infanticide and genital mutilation to sexual slavery and trafficking. From a truly global perspective, the book illuminates the diverse ideologies and cultural conditions that condone and perpetuate such brutality against women. In their own compelling words, women describe their personal experiences, victimization, and horrors. This book also addresses the physical, emotional, and economic impact of such violence, and each chapter concludes with examples of promising policies and practices developed to address and reduce violence against women. Book jacket.
 

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PERSPECTIVES ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN HISTORICAL METHODOLOGICAL AND THEORETICAL
3
THE SOCIOPOLITICAL CONDITIONS THAT PREDISPOSE WOMEN TO VIOLENCE
23
VIOLENT PRACTICES
51
FEMICIDE INFANTICIDE AND FETICIDE
53
FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING CLITORIDECTOMY FEMALE CIRCUMCISION FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION OR RITE OF PASSAGE
69
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
93
SEXUAL SLAVERY
115
TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN
135
HONOR KILLING
173
CONSEQUENCES AND POSSIBILITIES
189
THE IMPACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
191
WORKING TOWARD A WORLD WITHOUT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
201
REFERENCE LIST
209
INDEX
239
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
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