Global perspectives on violence against women and girls / Tamsin Bradley.

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Published: London : Zed Books, [2020]
©2020
Online Access:
Main Author:
Bradley, Tamsin (Author)
Subjects:
Women > Crimes against.
Girls > Crimes against.
Abused women.
Format: Electronic eBook
Global perspectives on violence against women and girls /
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Half Title
  • About the author
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Introduction
  • Setting the global context
  • Review of common approaches
  • The importance of a gendered lens
  • Women's economic empowerment
  • Structure of the volume
  • Chapter 1: Social norms, positive deviancy and cultural capital
  • Introduction
  • Social norm change, positive deviancy and cultural capital in the context of VAWG
  • Women fighting violence in Nepal
  • Women fighting violence in rural Rajasthan, India
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 2: Measuring attitudes around harmful cultural practices: the continuum approach
  • Introduction
  • Measuring change: introducing the continuum
  • Overview of FGM in the UK
  • Applying the continuum: attitudes towards FGM in Portsmouth and Southampton, UK
  • Digging deeper into different viewpoints
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 3: The intersections of gender, religion, culture, sexuality and violence
  • Introduction
  • Cultural relativism as a critical lens
  • The links between religion and FGM
  • The links between sexuality and FGM
  • Challenging Western hegemony
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4: Women, work and violence in Nepal: experiences from the construction sector
  • Introduction
  • Methodology
  • Data analysis
  • Interview findings
  • The role of autonomous women's networks and organisations
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5: Applying the intersectional lens: the experiences of professional middle-class women in Nepal and Pakistan
  • Introduction
  • Different work contexts: comparing Nepal and Pakistan
  • Key themes emerging from the data
  • Female entrepreneurs in Lahore and Islamabad
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 6: The experiences of home-based workers in Pakistan
  • Introduction
  • Reviewing the country context
  • Work and living conditions of home-based workers
  • Details of HomeNet Pakistan
  • Findings
  • Women's experiences of violence
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 7: The global drive to end female genital mutilation: is an end in sight?
  • Introduction
  • What do we know about why FGM happens?
  • The importance of understanding context
  • The medicalisation of FGM
  • FGM in Sudan
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 8: Violence against women and girls in conflict settings
  • Introduction
  • Review of research on VAWG in conflict settings
  • The context of South Sudan
  • Digging deeper into the normalisation of VAWG in South Sudan
  • Access to justice in South Sudan in the context of VAWG
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 9: Embedding a violence against women lens in development
  • Introduction
  • What does a VAWG mainstreaming tool look like?
  • Applying the model to the lives of womenin refugee contexts
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion: towards a more nuanced theory of change
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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