Domestic Violence In Asia

Author : Emma Fulu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136014161

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Domestic Violence in Asia by Emma Fulu Pdf

This book explores changing patterns of domestic violence in Asia. Based on extensive original research in the Maldives, it argues that forces of globalisation, consumerism, Islamism and democratisation are changing the nature of domestic relations, with shifting ideas surrounding gender and Islam being particularly significant. The book points out that domestic violence has been relatively low in the Maldives in comparison with other Asian countries, as a result of, the book argues, a history of relatively equal gender relations, an ideology of masculinity that is associated with calmness and rationality where violence is not considered an acceptable means of dealing with problems, and flexible marriage and divorce practices. The book shows how these factors are being undermined by new ideas which emphasise the need for wifely obedience, increasing gender inequality and the right of husbands to be coercive.

Author : Linda Rae Bennett,Lenore Manderson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136875694

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Violence Against Women in Asian Societies by Linda Rae Bennett,Lenore Manderson Pdf

Violence against women is a violation of women's human rights and a priority public health issue. It is endemic worldwide. While much has been written about it in industrialized societies, there has been relatively little attention given to such violence in Asian societies. This book addresses the structural and interpersonal violences to which women are subject, both under conditions of conflict and disruption, and where civil society is relatively ordered. It explores sexual violence and coercion, domestic violence, and violence within the broader community and the state, avoiding sensationalised accounts of so-called cultural' practices in favour of nuanced explorations of violences as experienced in Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Bangladesh, and India.

Author : Amy Barrow,Joy L. Chia
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317325925

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Gender, Violence and the State in Asia by Amy Barrow,Joy L. Chia Pdf

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. Contributors from diverse backgrounds draw on case studies and empirical research to ground this academic scholarship in lived experiences of individuals and their communities in Asia. By bridging the divide between policy, laws and practice to offer a unique insight into both theoretical and practical responses to how gender-based violence is understood within communities and state institutions in Asian countries, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Asian studies, Gender Studies and Law.

Author : Jennifer L. Solotaroff,Rohini Prabha Pande
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781464801723

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Violence against Women and Girls by Jennifer L. Solotaroff,Rohini Prabha Pande Pdf

This report documents the dynamics of violence against women in South Asia across the life cycle, from early childhood to old age. It explores the different types of violence that women may face throughout their lives, as well as the associated perpetrators (male and female), risk and protective factors for both victims and perpetrators, and interventions to address violence across all life cycle stages. The report also analyzes the societal factors that drive the primarily male — but also female — perpetrators to commit violence against women in the region. For each stage and type of violence, the report critically reviews existing research from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, supplemented by original analysis and select literature from outside the region. Policies and programs that address violence against women and girls are analyzed in order to highlight key actors and promising interventions. Finally, the report identifies critical gaps in research, program evaluations, and interventions in order to provide strategic recommendations for policy makers, civil society, and other stakeholders working to mitigate violence against women in South Asia.

Author : Maznah Mohamad,Saskia Wieringa
Publisher : Apollo Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1845195558

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Family Ambiguity and Domestic Violence in Asia by Maznah Mohamad,Saskia Wieringa Pdf

Domestic violence in Asia is explored in this analysis through questions of family ambiguity and the relationship between concept, law, and strategy. Comparative experiences in the Asian context enable an examination of the effectiveness of family regulations and laws in diverse national, cultural, and religious settings. Key questions relate to the limits and relevance of the human rights discourse in resolving family conflicts; the extent to which power and control in intimate relationships can actually be regulated by a set of inanimate, homogeneous, and uniform policies and legislations; and how the state relates to the family as an ambiguous unit given state rules of governance that perpetuate unequal gender relations. Carefully considering the many components of domestic violence--such as state intervention versus the private domain and differences in legislation across Asia--the book offers new theoretical insights to the conceptualization of the family, culture, and law, and provides reasoned new perspectives on the effectiveness or inadequacy of present policies and enforcement strategies against domestic violence in Asia.

Author : Amy Barrow,Joy L. Chia
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317325949

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Gender, Violence and the State in Asia by Amy Barrow,Joy L. Chia Pdf

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. Contributors from diverse backgrounds draw on case studies and empirical research to ground this academic scholarship in lived experiences of individuals and their communities in Asia. By bridging the divide between policy, laws and practice to offer a unique insight into both theoretical and practical responses to how gender-based violence is understood within communities and state institutions in Asian countries, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Asian studies, Gender Studies and Law.

Author : Ravi K. Thiara,Aisha K. Gill
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781843106708

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Violence Against Women in South Asian Communities by Ravi K. Thiara,Aisha K. Gill Pdf

This book is powerful, challenging and inspirational, and is an important contribution to debates on the complex intersections between ethnicity, gender and inequality, as well as on human rights and violence against women.

Author : Emma Fulu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136014086

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Domestic Violence in Asia by Emma Fulu Pdf

This book explores changing patterns of domestic violence in Asia. Based on extensive original research in the Maldives, it argues that forces of globalisation, consumerism, Islamism and democratisation are changing the nature of domestic relations, with shifting ideas surrounding gender and Islam being particularly significant. The book points out that domestic violence has been relatively low in the Maldives in comparison with other Asian countries, as a result of, the book argues, a history of relatively equal gender relations, an ideology of masculinity that is associated with calmness and rationality where violence is not considered an acceptable means of dealing with problems, and flexible marriage and divorce practices. The book shows how these factors are being undermined by new ideas which emphasise the need for wifely obedience, increasing gender inequality and the right of husbands to be coercive.

Author : Claudia García-Moreno,World Health Organization,Christina Pallitto,Karen Devries,Heidi Stöckl,Charlotte Watts,Naeema Abrahams
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789241564625

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Global and Regional Estimates of Violence Against Women by Claudia García-Moreno,World Health Organization,Christina Pallitto,Karen Devries,Heidi Stöckl,Charlotte Watts,Naeema Abrahams Pdf

"World Health Organization, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, South African Medical Research Council"--Title page.

Author : Fanny M. Cheung
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Family violence
ISBN : 9628358189

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Breaking the Silence by Fanny M. Cheung Pdf

Author : M. E. Khan
Publisher : Population
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Family violence
ISBN : 0878341307

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Sexuality, Gender Roles, and Domestic Violence in South Asia by M. E. Khan Pdf

Author : Sandeep Hunjan
Publisher : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Family violence
ISBN : 0612846032

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South Asian Women in Canada [microform] : Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence by Sandeep Hunjan Pdf

Author : Natalie J. Sokoloff,Christina Pratt
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780813535708

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Domestic Violence at the Margins by Natalie J. Sokoloff,Christina Pratt Pdf

Reprints of the most influential recent work in the field as well as more than a dozen newly commissioned essays explore theoretical issues, current research, service provision, and activism among Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans, Jewish Americans, and lesbians. The volume rejects simplistic analyses of the role of culture in domestic violence by elucidating the support systems available to battered women within different cultures, while at the same time addressing the distinct problems generated by that culture. Together, the essays pose a compelling challenge to stereotypical images of battered women that are racist, homophobic, and xenophobic.

Author : Pyong Gap Min
Publisher : Pine Forge Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1412905567

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Asian Americans by Pyong Gap Min Pdf

"This is a textbook for undergraduate students studying the Asian American experience and ethnic studies in the fields of Sociology, Political Science, History, and Cultural Studies."--Jacket.

Author : Niaz A. Shah
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781849291750

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Judicial Resource Book on Violence Against Women for Asia by Niaz A. Shah Pdf

The Judicial Resource Book on Violence Against Women for Asia deepens our understanding of the forms of VAWG and raises awareness of the role that the judiciary can play in tackling them. It can be used by judicial officers and other professionals to promote justice and fairness in the judicial process for women who have been victims of violence.