Violence against women in South Asian communities issues for policy and practice / edited by Ravi K. Thiara and Aisha K. Gill ; foreword by Liz Kelly.
| Other author | Thiara, Ravi K. |
| Other author | Gill, Aisha K. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; Philadelphia, PA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, |
| Description | 254 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Understanding violence against South Asian women : what it means for practice / Ravi K. Thiara and Aisha Gill -- Charting South Asian women's struggles against gender-based violence / Amrit Wilson -- Masculinities and violence against women in South Asian communities : transnational perspectives / Marzia Balzani -- Shrinking secular spaces : Asian women at the intersect of race, religion, and gender / Pragna Patel and Hannana Siddiqui -- Moving toward a "multiculturalism without culture" : constructing a victim-friendly human rights approach to forced marriage in the UK / Aisha Gill and Trishima Mitra-Kahn -- Continuing control : child contact and post-separation violence / Ravi K. Thiara -- Shariah councils and the resolution of matrimonial disputes : gender and justice in the "shadow" of the law / Samia Bano -- Protection for all? : the failures of the domestic violence rule for (Im)migrant women / Kaveri Sharma and Aisha Gill. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009014502 |
| ISBN | 9781843106708 (pb : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |