Overcoming violence against women and girls : the international campaign to eradicate a worldwide problem / Michael L. Penn and Rahel Nardos, in collaboration with William S. Hatcher and Mary K. Radpour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Penn, Michael L., 1958-

Contributor:

Nardos, Rahel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Violence against.

Women.

Sex discrimination against women.

Women--Violence against--Prevention.

Sex discrimination against women--Prevention.

Physical Description:

x, 255 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]

Summary:

A vivid overview of the scope of the problem of gender-based violence worldwide, and a sense of the important work now underway to eradicate it.

Contents:

The Globalization of the Effort to Eradicate Gender-Based Violence 2

The Nature of Authentic Human Relationships 17

The Nature of Moral Education 19

Part I Global Prevalence of Gender-Based Inequality and Violence

1 Confronting Structural Violence against Women and Girls: The Principle and Practice of Gender Equality 23

Gender Inequality and Structural Violence 24

The Idea of Gender Equality: Implications for the Organization of Society 33

Organic Equality and Human Interdependence 36

The Ontological Basis of Gender Equality 37

2 Sexual Violence against Women and Girls 41

Incest and Child Sexual Abuse 41

Sexual Inequality in Child-Rearing Practices 42

Underestimating the Damage Caused by Childhood Sexual Abuse 44

Trafficking in Women 46

The Role of Human Rights Law in Eradicating Trafficking 49

Rape and Sexual Abuse by Armed Forces 52

Rape as a Widely Used Weapon and Instrument of Domination and Control 54

The Health Consequences of Rape 56

Sexual Harassment 58

Cyberporn and the Sexual Exploitation of Children 59

U.S. National Child Sex Offender Registration Laws 61

Moral and Spiritual Dimensions of the Problem: The Challenge of Self-Mastery 64

3 Physical Abuse 71

Battering 71

Domestic Violence in Lesbian Relationships 73

Violence against Domestic and Migrant Workers 75

Conceptualizing Domestic Violence as Torture 76

The Impact of Gender-Based Violence on Children 79

Part II Culturally Sanctioned Forms of Violence

4 Culture, Traditional Practices, and Gender-Based Violence 87

Female Circumcision/Female Surgery 88

What Is Female Genital Circumcision? 89

The Nature and Prevalence of Dowry Murder 97

The Role of the Legal Culture 101

Part III Efforts to Readicate Gender-Based Violence

5 The Role of Education 105

Material Education 106

Human Education 107

Spiritual Education 109

The Concept of Spirituality 110

Spiritual Development and the Social Order 113

6 The Authenticity Project 119

Overview of the Ethics of the Authenticity Project 121

Basic Framework of the International Moral Education Project 123

Love, Power, and Justice

The Authenticity Project on Social Norms and Material and Spiritual Values 139

7 The Development of Emotional Competence 143

8 The Role of Men in Eradicating Gender-Based Violence 159

Religious Communities 162

Educational Institutions 164

Places of Employment 164

9 Why Have Hope? Some Final Reflections on the Global Campaign to Eradicate Gender-Based Violence 167

Why Have Hope? 168

Appendix A Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women 181

Appendix B Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 187

Appendix C Draft Convention against Sexual Exploitation (January 1994) 199

Appendix D Summary of the Global Platform for Action and the Beijing Declaration 215

Appendix E Mission Statement for the Authenticity Project 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-243) and index.

ISBN:

074252499X

0742525007

OCLC:

50124454