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

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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Faedi Duramy, Benedetta
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2014.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Women > Violence against.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Sex crimes.
Female offenders.
Family violence.
Abused women.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Criminelles > Haïti.
Violence familiale > Haïti.
Femmes victimes de violence > Haïti.
Filles > Violence envers > Haïti.
Femmes > Violence envers > Haïti.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Haiti.
Female offenders > Haiti.
Family violence > Haiti.
Abused women > Haiti.
Sex crimes > Zimbabwe > Mbare.
Girls > Violence against > Haiti.
Women > Violence against > Haiti.
Haiti.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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 discover why these women act in such destructive ways and what might be done to stop this tragic cycle of violence.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (192 pages).
ISBN:9780813563145

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