"Honour" : crimes, paradigms, and violence against women /
This book arises from the practical insights and experiences of individuals and organisations addressing so-called 'honour crimes' in different geographic and social contexts, including 'honour killings' and interference with the right to marry. Its purpose is to support human ri...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Zed Books,
2005.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- United Nations, approaches to 'crimes of honour' / Jane Connors
- 'Crimes of honour', value and meaning / Purna Sen
- The role of 'community discourse' in combating 'crimes of honour' : preliminary assessment and prospects / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im
- 'Honour killings' and the law in Pakistan / Sohail Akbar Warraich
- Murders of women in Lebanon : 'crimes of honour' between reality and the law / Danielle Hoyek, Rafif Rida Sidawi, and Amira Abou Mrad
- 'Crimes of honour' as violence against women in Egypt / Centre for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance
- Researching women's victimisation in Palestine : a socio-legal analysis / Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
- Culture, national minority, and the state : working against the 'crime of family honour' within the Palestinian community in Israel / Aida Touma-Sliman
- Changing the rules? Developments on 'crimes of honour' in Jordan / Reem Abu Hassan and Lynn Welchman
- Honour-based violence among the Kurds : the case of Iraqi Kurdistan / Nazand Begikhani
- 'Crimes of honour' in the Italian penal code : an analysis of history and reform / Maria Gabriella Bettiga-Boukerbout
- The 'legitimate defence of honour', or murder with impunity? A critical study of legislation and case law in Latin America / Silvia Pimentel, Valéria Pandjiarjian, and Juliana Belloque
- 'There is no "honour" in domestic violence, only shame!" Women's struggles against 'honour' crimes in the UK / Hannana Siddiqui
- Of consent and contradiction : forced marriages in Bangladesh / Dina M. Siddiqi
- From fathers to husbands : of love, death, and marriage in North India / Uma Chakravarti
- Tackling forced marriages in the Nordic countries : between women's rights and immigration control / Anja Bredal.