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Gender and Violence in Haiti : Women's Path from Victims to Agents.

By: Material type: TextTextCopyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (188 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813563169
  • 081356316X
  • 1306688957
  • 9781306688956
  • 0813563151
  • 9780813563152
  • 9780813563145
  • 0813563143
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gender and Violence in Haiti : Women's Path from Victims to Agents.DDC classification:
  • 362.88082/097294
LOC classification:
  • HV6250.4 .W65 F34 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Organizations; Introduction; 1. Gender-Based Violence and Women's Violence in Context; 2. Gender-Based Violence in Haiti; 3. Understanding Women's Violence in Haiti; 4. Legal Frameworks; 5. Victims' Help-Seeking and the Criminal-Justice Response; 6. Strategies for Action; 7. Women in the Aftermath of the Earthquake; Notes; References; Index.
Summary: Women in Haiti are frequent victims of sexual violence and armed assault. Yet an astonishing proportion of these victims also act as perpetrators of violent crime, often as part of armed groups. In Gender and Violence in Haiti, award-winning legal scholar Benedetta Faedi Duramy visits Haiti to discover why these women act in such destructive ways and what might be done to stop this tragic cycle of violence.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Organizations; Introduction; 1. Gender-Based Violence and Women's Violence in Context; 2. Gender-Based Violence in Haiti; 3. Understanding Women's Violence in Haiti; 4. Legal Frameworks; 5. Victims' Help-Seeking and the Criminal-Justice Response; 6. Strategies for Action; 7. Women in the Aftermath of the Earthquake; Notes; References; Index.

Women in Haiti are frequent victims of sexual violence and armed assault. Yet an astonishing proportion of these victims also act as perpetrators of violent crime, often as part of armed groups. In Gender and Violence in Haiti, award-winning legal scholar Benedetta Faedi Duramy visits Haiti to discover why these women act in such destructive ways and what might be done to stop this tragic cycle of violence.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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