| Description |
1 online resource (188 pages) |
| 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 |
| Analysis |
gender inequity, Gender, violence, Haiti, Women, Victims, sexual violence |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women -- Violence against -- Haiti
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Girls -- Violence against -- Haiti
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Sex crimes -- Zimbabwe -- Mbare
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Abused women -- Haiti
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Family violence -- Haiti
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Female offenders -- Haiti
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Haiti
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Girls -- Abuse of -- Haiti
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Abused women
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Family violence
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Female offenders
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Sex crimes
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Women -- Violence against
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Haiti
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813563169 |
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081356316X |
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1306688957 |
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9781306688956 |
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0813563151 |
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9780813563152 |
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9780813563145 |
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0813563143 |
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