Crimes against women

Crimes against women /

This book presents a survey of acts of violence, past and present, that women have endured throughout the world. The articles take a broad variety of approaches, ranging from the philosophical and legalistic to the narrative reporting of contributors working in the field.

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Corporate Author: American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy
Other Authors: Pike, David Wingeate (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2011
Series:Women's issues.
Subjects:
Women > Crimes against.
Women (International law)
Rape as a weapon of war.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The laws governing crimes against women constituting Obligatio Erga Omnes / Farhad Malekian
  • The human rights design: a critique of "universality" in a patriarchal world / Ruchi Anand
  • Ethical and meta-ethical approaches to violence against women / Angèle Kremer-Marietti
  • The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (2002): the impact of the coalition of women's groups / Cenap Cakmak
  • Rape and other sexual violence against women and girls in armed conflict: a legal look at the issues / Eileen Servidio
  • Defining rape in conflict-affected areas / Robynn Collins
  • Wartime rape in the Congo / Stefan Kirchner
  • Imperial Japan and its "comfort women" / David Wingate Pike
  • Women SS-guards in concentration camps in Nazi Germany / Elissa Mailänder Koslov
  • Women in prisoners' brothels in Nazi Germany / Brigitte Halbmayr
  • The HIV-antidote myth and infant rape in South Africa / Tomoyuki (Tom) Hashimoto and Ashley Hughes
  • Rape among the Shona in Zimbabwe / Tyanai Charamba
  • Domestic, community and state-sponsored violence in Nigeria / J. Shola Omotola and Saheed Aderinto
  • Vesico-vaginal fistula in Nigeria / Mairo V. Bello Garko
  • Multi-faceted violence against women in Kenya / Lydiah W. Nganga
  • Female genital mutilation in Kenya / Grace B. Nyamongo
  • Female genital mutilation in Senegal and Somalia / Tobe Levin
  • Patriarchal dominance and female subservience in Ethiopia / Melissa Krall
  • Honour killings and the law in Turkey / Ece Göztepe
  • Female suicide in Afghanistan / Carol Mann
  • An Ngo's long-term strategy in Pakistan / Naeem Sarfraz
  • Dowries in India / Ruchi Anand
  • The dalit women of India / Rajeni Chagar
  • Acid attacks in Bangladesh / Mahera Khaleque
  • The Jhumma women of Bangladesh / Anonymous
  • Trafficking in women in Russia / Anonymous
  • Abuse of women in medieval and early modern Spain / Isabel Pérez Molina
  • Forced marriage as a foreign policy issue in the United Kingdom / Sir Christopher MacRae
  • A celebrated lynching in the United States / Carol Bowers.

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