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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradley, Tamsin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Violence against--Cross-cultural studies.

Women.

Girls--Violence against--Cross-cultural studies.

Girls.

Women--Violence against--Prevention.

Girls--Violence against--Prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages)

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2020.

Summary:

A political-economy analysis into the ecology of violence violence against women and girls, combining various qualitative research techniques including in-depth interviewing, life histories and ethnography.

Contents:

Social norms, positive deviancy and cultural capital

Measuring attitudes around harmful cultural practices : the continuum approach

The intersections of gender, religion, culture, sexuality and violence

Women, work and violence in Nepal : experiences from the construction sector

Applying the intersectional lens : the experiences of professional middle-class women in Nepal and Pakistan

The experiences of home-based workers in Pakistan

The global drive to end female genital mutilation : is an end in sight?

Violence against women and girls in conflict settings

Embedding a violence against women lens in development.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 16, 2020).

ISBN:

9781350220454

1350220450

9781786994165

178699416X

9781786994172

1786994178

OCLC:

1241540262