Crimes against women / David Wingeate Pike, editor.

Other author Pike, David Wingeate.
Other author American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Nova Science Publishers,
Descriptionxxviii, 312 p. ; 26 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesWomen's issues
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.
General noteA project of the American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN9781616684808 (hardcover)
ISBNebook
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