Violence against women in South Asian communities : issues for policy and practice /

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This book is powerful, challenging and inspirational, and is an important contribution to debates on the complex intersections between ethnicity, gender and inequality, as well as on human rights and violence against women.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Thiara, Ravi K., Gill, Aisha K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010.
Temas:
Women > Violence against > South Asia.
Women > Violence against > South Asia > Prevention.
Women > Government policy > South Asia.
Femmes > Violence envers > Asie méridionale.
Femmes > Politique gouvernementale > Asie méridionale.
Ethnic Minorities & Multicultural Studies.
Gender Studies: Women.
Domestic Violence.
Feminism & Feminist Theory.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Elder Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Domestic Partner Abuse.
Women > Government policy
Women > Violence against
Women > Violence against > Prevention
South Asia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Understanding violence against South Asian women : what it means for practice / Ravi K. Thiara and Aisha Gill
  • Charting South Asian women's struggles against gender-based violence / Amrit Wilson
  • Masculinities and violence against women in South Asian communities : transnational perspectives / Marzia Balzani
  • Shrinking secular spaces : Asian women at the intersect of race, religion, and gender / Pragna Patel and Hannana Siddiqui
  • Moving toward a "multiculturalism without culture" : constructing a victim-friendly human rights approach to forced marriage in the UK / Aisha Gill and Trishima Mitra-Kahn
  • Continuing control : child contact and post-separation violence / Ravi K. Thiara
  • Shariah councils and the resolution of matrimonial disputes : gender and justice in the "shadow" of the law / Samia Bano
  • Protection for all? : the failures of the domestic violence rule for (Im)migrant women / Kaveri Sharma and Aisha Gill.

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