Overcoming Violence Against Women And Girls
This book provides university students, policy makers, activists, public health workers, clinicians, and lay citizens alike with a vivid overview of the scope of the problem of gender-based violence worldwide, as well as a sense of the important work now underway to eradicate it. An integration of a vast range of data and insights from all the major disciplines that have contributed to our understanding of this problem, this book is invaluable as a classroom text. The authors have been guided...
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A vivid overview of the scope of the problem of gender-based violence worldwide, and a sense of the important work now underway to eradicate it.
PrefaceIntroduction1Pt. IGlobal Prevalence of Gender-Based Inequality and Violence1Confronting Structural Violence against Women and Girls: The Principle and Practice of Gender Equality232Sexual Violence against Women and Girls413Physical Abuse71Pt. IICulturally Sanctioned Forms of Violence4Culture, Traditional Practices, and Gender-Based Violence87Pt. IIIEfforts to Eradicate Gender-Based Violence5The Role of Education1056The Authenticity Project1197The Development of Emotional Competence1438The Role of Men in Eradicating Gender-Based Violence1599Why Have Hope? Some Final Reflections on the Global Campaign to Eradicate Gender-Based Violence167App. ADeclaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women181App. BConvention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women187App. CDraft Convention against Sexual Exploitation (January 1994)199App. DSummary of the Global Platform for Action and the Beijing Declaration215App. EMission Statement for the Authenticity Project223Notes227Index245About the Author255
\ ChoiceA compelling document illustrating the worldwide physical and mental abuses of women. Marrying the perspectives of thinkers, researchers, and practitioners, they offer statistics, stories, and cultural histories on their way toward issuing a call for action. Highly recommended.\ \
