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Violence against Women - What Everyone Needs to Know (R) (Hardcover)
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Violence against Women - What Everyone Needs to Know (R) (Hardcover)
Series: What Everyone Needs to Know
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Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a longstanding problem
that has increasingly come to the forefront of international and
national policy debates and news: from the US reauthorization of
the Violence against Women Act and a United Nations declaration to
end sexual violence in war, to coverage of gang rapes in India,
cyberstalking and "revenge porn", honor killings, female genital
mutilation, and international trafficking. Yet, while we frequently
read or learn about particular experiences or incidents of VAWG, we
are often unaware of the full picture. Jacqui True, an
internationally renowned scholar of globalization and gender,
provides an expansive frame for understanding VAWG in this book.
Among the questions she addresses include: What are we talking
about when we discuss VAWG? What kinds of violence does it
encompass? Who does it affect most and why? What are the risk
factors for victims and perpetrators? Does VAWG occur at the same
level in all societies? Are there cultural explanations for it?
What types of legal redress do victims have? How reliable are the
statistics that we have? Are men and boys victims of gender-based
violence? What is the role of the media in exacerbating VAWG? And,
what sorts of policy and advocacy routes exist to end VAWG? This
volume addresses the current state of knowledge and research on
these questions. True surveys our best understanding of the causes
and consequences of violence against women in the home, local
community, workplace, public, and transnationally. In so doing, she
brings together multidisciplinary perspectives on the problem of
violence against women and girls, and sets out the most promising
policy and advocacy frameworks to end this violence.
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