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Author True, Jacqui, author.

Title Violence against women : what everyone needs to know® / Jacqui True.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

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Description xviii, 252 pages; 21 cm.
Series What everyone needs to know®
What everyone needs to know.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part 1: Overview and definitions -- What is violence against women and girls (VAWG)? -- Historical struggle -- Mapping VAWG globally -- VAWG and gender discrimintaiton, inequality, and power -- Conflict-related VAWG -- Part 2: Causes of VAWG -- Men, masculinities, and VAWG -- Culture and VAWG -- VAWG and the media -- Development, poverty, and VAWG -- Employment, precarity, and VAWG -- Migration, human trafficing, and VAWG -- VAWG and land/property rights -- Part 3: Contexts and impacts -- Education, schools, and VAWG -- VAWG and the environment -- International security and VAWG -- VAWG and health and reproductive rights -- Part 4: Responses -- Legal frameworks: National and international -- Policy frameworks and solutions -- Economics and VAWG -- Advocacy frameworks: Ending VAWG.
Summary 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.
Subject Women -- Crimes against.
Girls -- Crimes against.
Abused women.
Violent crimes.
Abused women. (OCoLC)fst00794870
Violent crimes. (OCoLC)fst01167321
Women -- Crimes against. (OCoLC)fst01176618
Girls -- Crimes against. (OCoLC)fst00942877
ISBN 9780199378944 (hardcover)
0199378940 (hardcover)
9780199378937 (paperback)
0199378932 (paperback)
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