Gender Violence In Russia

Author : Janet Elise Johnson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-18
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780253220745

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Gender Violence in Russia by Janet Elise Johnson Pdf

Just a few years ago, most Russian citizens did not recognize the notion of domestic violence or acknowledge that such a problem existed. Today, after years of local and international pressure to combat violence against women, things have changed dramatically. Gender Violence in Russia examines why and how this shift occurred—and why there has been no similar reform on other gender violence issues such as rape, sexual assault, or human trafficking. Drawing on more than a decade of research, Janet Elise Johnson analyzes media coverage and survey data to explain why some interventions succeed while others fail. She describes the local-global dynamics between a range of international actors, from feminist activists to national governments, and an equally diverse set of Russian organizations and institutions.

Author : Aino Saarinen,Kirsti Ekonen,Valentina Uspenskaia
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135020347

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Women and Transformation in Russia by Aino Saarinen,Kirsti Ekonen,Valentina Uspenskaia Pdf

This book looks at Russian women’s mobilization and agency during the two periods of transformation, the turn of the 19th-20th century and the 20th – 21st century. Bringing together the parallels between the two great transformations, it focuses on both the continuities and breaks and, importantly, it shows them from the grassroots point of view, emphasizing the local factor. Chapters show the international and transnational aspects of Russian women’s agency of different spheres and different historical periods. The book goes on to raise new research questions such as the evaluation and comparison of Soviet society and contemporary Russia from the point of view of gender and women’s possibilities in society.

Author : Julie Hemment
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007-03-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253002563

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Empowering Women in Russia by Julie Hemment Pdf

Julie Hemment's engrossing study traces the development encounter through interactions between international foundations and Russian women's groups during a decade of national collapse. Prohibited from organizing independently under state socialism, women's groups became a focus of attention in the mid-1990s for foundations eager to promote participatory democracy, but the version of civil society that has emerged (the "third sector") is far from what Russian activists envisioned and what donor agencies promised. Drawing on ethnographic methods and Participatory Action Research, Hemment tells the story of her introduction to and growing collaboration with members of the group Zhenskii Svet (Women's Light) in the provincial city of Tver'.

Author : Janet Elise Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Feminism
ISBN : IND:30000078563321

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State Transformation and Violence Against Women in Postcommunist Russia by Janet Elise Johnson Pdf

Author : Wendy Rosslyn,Alessandra Tosi
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9781906924652

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Women in Nineteenth-Century Russia by Wendy Rosslyn,Alessandra Tosi Pdf

"This collection of essays examines the lives of women across Russia--from wealthy noblewomen in St Petersburg to desperately poor peasants in Siberia--discussing their interaction with the Church and the law, and their rich contribution to music, art, literature and theatre. It shows how women struggled for greater autonomy and, both individually and collectively, developed a dynamic presence in Russia's culture and society"--Publisher's description.

Author : Victoria Sanford,Katerina Stefatos,Cecilia M. Salvi
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813576206

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Gender Violence in Peace and War by Victoria Sanford,Katerina Stefatos,Cecilia M. Salvi Pdf

Reports from war zones often note the obscene victimization of women, who are frequently raped, tortured, beaten, and pressed into sexual servitude. Yet this reign of terror against women not only occurs during exceptional moments of social collapse, but during peacetime too. As this powerful book argues, violence against women should be understood as a systemic problem—one for which the state must be held accountable. The twelve essays in Gender Violence in Peace and War present a continuum of cases where the state enables violence against women—from state-sponsored torture to lax prosecution of sexual assault. Some contributors uncover buried histories of state violence against women throughout the twentieth century, in locations as diverse as Ireland, Indonesia, and Guatemala. Others spotlight ongoing struggles to define the state’s role in preventing gendered violence, from domestic abuse policies in the Russian Federation to anti-trafficking laws in the United States. Bringing together cutting-edge research from political science, history, gender studies, anthropology, and legal studies, this collection offers a comparative analysis of how the state facilitates, legitimates, and perpetuates gender violence worldwide. The contributors also offer vital insights into how states might adequately protect women’s rights in peacetime, as well as how to intervene when a state declares war on its female citizens.

Author : Hilary Pilkington
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134779635

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Gender, Generation and Identity in Contemporary Russia by Hilary Pilkington Pdf

This book explores the lives and expectations of young women in the new Russia, looking at the enormous changes that the new social and economic environment have brought. The authors draw on the growing literature on gender and generation in the West which has arisen as a result of the recognition that the experience of youth is classed, raced and gendered and that the experience of gender is mediated by class, race, ethnicity, sexuality and age. They consider the role of the media, state and social institutions in shaping opportunities and experiences in the post-Soviet environment, focusing on the strategies employed by individual women to reforge social identities in a society in which they have been dislocated more acutely than in any other `postmodern' society.

Author : Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom,Valerie Sperling,Melike Sayoglu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190932848

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Courting Gender Justice by Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom,Valerie Sperling,Melike Sayoglu Pdf

Women and the LGBT community in Russia and Turkey face pervasive discrimination. Only a small percentage dare to challenge their mistreatment in court. Facing domestic police and judges who often refuse to recognize discrimination, a small minority of activists have exhausted their domestic appeals and then turned to their last hope: the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The ECtHR, located in Strasbourg, France, is widely regarded as the most effective international human rights court in existence. Russian citizens whose rights have been violated at home have brought tens of thousands of cases to the ECtHR over the past two decades. But only one of these cases resulted in a finding of gender discrimination by the ECtHR-and that case was brought by a man. By comparison, the Court has found gender discrimination more frequently in decisions on Turkish cases. Courting Gender Justice explores the obstacles that confront citizens, activists, and lawyers who try to bring gender discrimination cases to court. To shed light on the factors that make rare victories possible in discrimination cases, the book draws comparisons among forms of discrimination faced by women and LGBT people in Russia and Turkey. Based on interviews with human rights and feminist activists and lawyers in Russia and Turkey, this engaging book grounds the law in the personal experiences of individual people fighting to defend their rights.

Author : Yulia Gorbunova
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN : OCLC:1057899028

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"I Could Kill You and No One Would Stop Me" by Yulia Gorbunova Pdf

"This report details the barriers survivors face in reporting abuse and getting help. They include social stigma, lack of awareness, and lack of trust in police. Police often refuse to register or investigate women’s reports of domestic violence, instead funneling victims into the patently unfair and extremely burdensome process of private prosecution, for which the victim must gather all necessary evidence and bear all costs. Human Rights Watch also found that survivors face obstacles to finding emergency shelter."--Publisher website.

Author : Rosalind J. Marsh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1996-03-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0521498724

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Women in Russia and Ukraine by Rosalind J. Marsh Pdf

In this book, leading western specialists and Russian and Ukrainian feminists examine how gender has shaped Russian and Ukrainian history from the twelfth century to the present. In particular, they analyse the current backlash against women's emancipation. Using new archival materials and the insights of feminist theory, the contributors explore the relevance of gender equality and difference in Russian history. They find that women have not merely submitted to the patriarchal system, but instead have found creative ways of resisting it. Chapters focusing on contemporary Russia discuss abortion, pornography, sexual minorities, young women's lifestyles, the impact of economic reform on women and the development of the women's movement. This book will be of interest to students and specialists in Russian, Ukrainian and women's studies, as well as to historians, political scientists, sociologists and economists.

Author : Hilary Pilkington
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0415135443

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Gender, Generation and Identity in Contemporary Russia by Hilary Pilkington Pdf

An exploration of the lives and expectations of young women in the new Russia, looking at the enormous changes that the new social and economic order have brought.

Author : Marianna Muravyeva,Natalia Novikova
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443871372

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Women’s History in Russia by Marianna Muravyeva,Natalia Novikova Pdf

This collection of essays, all by Russian scholars, is the first of its kind to address a broad English-speaking audience. It presents the theories and methodologies employed by Russian national historiography to make sense of Russian gender and women's history. The essays in this volume discuss women's and gender history in Russia, highlighting sensitive areas in the Russian academic community and in Russian society in general. The book appears in the context of an intense backlash against t...

Author : Gökten Huriye Dogangün
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781838604363

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Gender Politics in Turkey and Russia by Gökten Huriye Dogangün Pdf

Both Russia and Turkey were pioneering examples of feminism in the early 20th Century, when the Bolshevik and Republican states embraced an ideology of women's equality. Yet now these countries have drifted towards authoritarianism and the concept of gender is being invoked to reinforce tradition, nationalism and to oppose Western culture. Gökten Dogangün's book explores the relationship between the state and gender equality in Russia and Turkey, covering the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and the Republican Revolution of 1923 and highlighting the very different gender climates that have emerged under the leaderships of Putin and Erdogan. The research is based on analysis of legal documents, statistical data and reports, as well as in-depth interviews with experts, activists and public officials. Dogangün identifies a climate of 'neo-traditionalism' in contemporary Russia and 'neo-conservatism' in contemporary Turkey and examines how Putin and Erdogan's ambitions to ensure political stability, security and legitimacy are achieved by promoting commonly held 'family values', grounded in religion and tradition. The book reveals what it means to be a woman in Turkey and Russia today and covers key topics such as hostility towards feminism, women's employment, domestic violence, motherhood and abortion. Dogangün provides the first comparative study that seeks to understand the escalation of patriarchy and the decline of democracy which is being witnessed across the world.

Author : Barbara Evans Clements,Barbara Alpern Engel,Christine D. Worobec
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520910195

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Russia's Women by Barbara Evans Clements,Barbara Alpern Engel,Christine D. Worobec Pdf

By ignoring gender issues, historians have failed to understand how efforts to control women—and women's reactions to these efforts—have shaped political and social institutions and thus influenced the course of Russian and Soviet history. These original essays challenge a host of traditional assumptions by integrating women into the Russian past. Using recent advances in the study of gender, the family, class, and the status of women, the authors examine various roles of Russian women and offer a broad overview of a vibrant and growing field.

Author : Anna Krylova
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1107699401

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Soviet Women in Combat by Anna Krylova Pdf

Soviet Women in Combat explores the unprecedented historical phenomenon of Soviet young women's en masse volunteering for World War II combat in 1941 and writes it into the twentieth-century history of women, war, and violence. The book narrates a story about a cohort of Soviet young women who came to think about themselves as "women soldiers" in Stalinist Russia in the 1930s and who shared modern combat, its machines, and commanding positions with men on the Eastern front between 1941 and 1945. The author asks how a largely patriarchal society with traditional gender values such as Stalinist Russia in the 1930s managed to merge notions of violence and womanhood into a first conceivable and then realizable agenda for the cohort of young female volunteers and for its armed forces. Pursuing the question, Krylova's approach and research reveals a more complex conception of gender identities.