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Women and violence : global lives in focus / Kathleen Nadeau and Sangita Rayamajhi, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Women and society around the world.
- Women and society around the world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Crimes against.
- Women.
- Women--Violence against.
- Sex discrimination against women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 268 pages) : illustrations, charts, portraits.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2020]
- Summary:
- "This important and timely reference work examines violence against women and gender-based discrimination around the world, providing a global perspective on why this kind of oppression is still occurring in the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1. United States and Canada / Amber Deneen Gray and Kathleen Nadeau
- 2. Latin America and the Caribbean / Kathleen Nadeau
- 3. Europe / Chanvisna Sum and Kathleen Nadeau
- 4. North Africa and the Middle East / Kevin E. Grisham
- 5. Sub-Saharan Africa / Tiffany Fawn Jones
- 6. Central and East Asia / Sangita Rayamajhi
- 7. South and Southeast Asia / Sangita Rayamajhi and Kathleen Nadeau
- 8. Oceania / Katherine Jakovich and Jeremy A. Murray.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781440862243
- 1440862249
- OCLC:
- 1110659862
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