Description |
1 online resource (304 pages) |
Series |
Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series |
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Routledge research on gender in Asia series.
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Contents |
pt. I. Gender, violence and states in transition -- pt. II. Gender, violence and access to justice -- pt. III. Transcending borders and bounders |
Summary |
While gender-based violence occurs in all societies irrespective of the level of development or cultural setting, whether in conflict or peacetime, the challenges for legal responses to gender-based violence are particularly acute in Asia. This book addresses the lack of academic discourse on gender-based violence in Asia beyond domestic violence, by demonstrating that gendered violence exists within many different contexts and is perpetuated by multiple actors. Bringing together scholars, legal practitioners and human rights advocates, the book examines the intersections between gender, violence and the state in Asian contexts. It considers the role of state institutions in perpetuating and preventing violence based on gender and identity, and thus contributes to growing scholarship around due diligence standards under international law. Analyzing both physical and structural gender-based violence, it scrutinizes how such violence exists within a landscape shaped by distinct cultural norms, laws and policies, and grapples with how to practically translate international human rights standards about state responsibility into these complex domestic environments |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- Asia
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Sex discrimination -- Law and legislation -- Asia
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Women -- Violence against -- Asia
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Women -- Crimes against -- Asia
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Violence -- Government policy -- Asia
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HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
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Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation
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Sex discrimination -- Law and legislation
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Violence -- Government policy
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Women -- Crimes against
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Women -- Violence against
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Asia
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Amy, Barrow
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Chia, Joy L
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ISBN |
9781317325925 |
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1317325923 |
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9781315656731 |
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1315656736 |
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9781317325918 |
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1317325915 |
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9781317325949 |
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131732594X |
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