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Gender and Violence in Haiti : Women's Path from Victims to Agents.

Women in Haiti are frequent victims of sexual violence and armed assault. Yet an astonishing proportion of these victims also act as perpetrators of violent crime, often as part of armed groups. In Gender and Violence in Haiti, award-winning legal scholar Benedetta Faedi Duramy visits Haiti to disco...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Faedi Duramy, Benedetta
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Organizations; Introduction; 1. Gender-Based Violence and Women's Violence in Context; 2. Gender-Based Violence in Haiti; 3. Understanding Women's Violence in Haiti; 4. Legal Frameworks; 5. Victims' Help-Seeking and the Criminal-Justice Response; 6. Strategies for Action; 7. Women in the Aftermath of the Earthquake; Notes; References; Index.