Violence against women in Asian societies /

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Violence against women is a violation of women's human rights and a priority public health issue. It is endemic worldwide. While much has been written about it in industrialized societies, there has been relatively little attention given to such violence in Asian societies. This book addresses...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Manderson, Lenore, Bennett, Linda Rae
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
Colección:ASAA women in Asia series.
Temas:
Women > Crimes against > Asia.
Women > Violence against > Asia.
Sex discrimination against women > Asia.
Femmes > Crimes contre > Asie.
Femmes > Violence envers > Asie.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes > Asie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Sex discrimination against women
Women > Crimes against
Women > Violence against
Asia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: gender inequality and technologies of violence / Linda Rae Bennett, Lenore Manderson
  • Violence against Maranao Muslim women in the Philippines / Anne-Marie Hilsdon
  • Presumed consent: marital violence in Bugis society / Nurul Ilmi Idrus, Linda Rae Bennett
  • Loss of face: violence against women in South Asia / Mridula Bandyopadhyay, Mahmuda Rahman Khan
  • Behind bamboo fences: forms of violence against women in Myanmar / Monique Skidmore
  • Rape and sexual transgression in Cambodian society / Rebecca Surtees
  • Sexual coercion amongst adolescents in an urban slum in India / Geeta Sodhi, Manish Verma
  • Violence against women: the challenges for Malaysian women / Rebecca Foley
  • Notes of an out-of-place widow / Jacqueline Aquino Siapno
  • Whose honour, whose shame? Gender-based violence, rights and health / Jill Astbury.

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