Gender-Based Violence (Working in Gender & Development) - Softcover

Terry, Geraldine; Hoare, Joanna

 
9780855986025: Gender-Based Violence (Working in Gender & Development)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0855986026 ISBN 13: 9780855986025
Publisher: Oxfam Professional, 2007

Synopsis


This book brings together some of the most interesting and innovative work being done to tackle gender-based violence in various sectors, world regions, and socio-political contexts. Articles cover a wide range of manifestations of gender-based violence, including femicide, or the murder of women because they are women, domestic and sexual violence, female genital mutilation or cutting, the sexual exploitation of girls at school, and trafficking for prostitution. The case studies are drawn from South and East Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Central America, and a detailed list of resources completes the volume. This collection of articles will be useful to development and humanitarian practitioners, policy makers, and academics, including both gender specialists and non-gender specialists alikeWorking in Gender &Development series bring together themed selections of the best articles from the Oxfam journal supplemented with specially commissioned articles and material drawn from other Oxfam publications. Each title will be edited by a key thinker in the field, and will include an up-to-the- minute overview of current thinking and thoughts on future policy responses.

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About the Authors

Geraldine Terry is researching gendered responses to climate impact in Uganda. She is based at the School of Development Studies at the University of East Anglia and is affiliated to the Tyndall Centre for Research on Climate Change and the Makerere Institute of Social Research, Kampala. She is the author of Women’s Rights, published by Pluto Press.

Joanna Hoare previously worked for Oxfam GB. She is now a freelance editor and writer on gender and development issues.

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Publisher
Oxfam Professional
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0855986026
ISBN 13 
9780855986025
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
160