Bibliograph

Crimes against women, David Wingeate Pike, editor

Type

Label

Crimes against women, David Wingeate Pike, editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Crimes against women

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

548607488

Responsibility statement

David Wingeate Pike, editor

Series statement

Women's issues

Summary

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. --, Provided by publisher

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: legal aspects / Eileen Servidio-Delabre -- 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 -- 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 Lee Bowers

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