Description
| Product ID: | 9780199378937 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | What Everyone Needs to Know |
| Title: | Violence against Women |
| Subtitle: | What Everyone Needs to Know® |
| Authors: | Author: Jacqui True |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Violence and abuse in society, Violence in society, Social discrimination and social justice, Migration, immigration and emigration, Gender studies: women and girls, Human rights, civil rights, Civics and citizenship, Law and society, gender issues, Social discrimination & inequality, Migration, immigration & emigration, Gender studies: women, Human rights, Civil rights & citizenship, Gender & the law |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Eliminating violence against women globally is now seen as one of the major challenges of the twenty-first century. This book introduces a wide readership to the problem of violence against women and girls (VAWG) identified by social movements, researchers, and policymakers. It provides raw material, stories from around the world, macro data, and up-to-date knowledge on the various forms of VAWG. It highlights the intersections of VAWG with several other issues, and sets out the most promising policy and advocacy frameworks to end this violence. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-02-25 |
