Crimes against women [[electronic resource] /] / David Wingeate Pike, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457689303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2011
• ISBN: 1-61668-896-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (342 p.)
• Collana: Women's issues
• Altri autori (Persone): PikeDavid Wingeate
• Disciplina: 362.88082
• Soggetti: Women - Crimes against; Women (International law); Rape as a weapon of war; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A project of the American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The laws governing crimes against women constituting Obligatio Erga Omnes / Farhad Malekian -- The human rights design: a critique of "universality" in a patriarchal world / Ruchi Anand -- Ethical and meta-ethical approaches to violence against women / Angèle Kremer-Marietti -- The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (2002): the impact of the coalition of women's groups / Cenap Cakmak -- Rape and other sexual violence against women and girls in armed conflict: legal aspects / Eileen Servidio-Delabre -- Defining rape in conflict-affected areas / Robynn Collins -- Wartime rape in the Congo / Stefan Kirchner -- Imperial Japan and its comfort women / David Wingate Pike -- Women SS-guards in concentration camps in Nazi Germany / Elissa Mailänder Koslov -- Women in prisoners' brothels in Nazi Germany / Brigitte Halbmayr -- The HIV-antidote myth and infant rape in South Africa / Tomoyuki (Tom) Hashimoto -- Rape among the Shona in Zimbabwe / Tyanai Charamba -- Domestic, community and state-sponsored violence in Nigeria / J. Shola Omotola and Saheed Aderinto -- Vesico-vaginal fistula in Nigeria / Mairo V. Bello Garko -- Multi-faceted violence against women in Kenya / Lydiah W. Nganga -- Female genital mutilation in Kenya / Grace B. Nyamongo -- Female genital mutilation in Senegal and Somalia / Tobe Levin -- Patriarchal ; dominance and female subservience in Ethiopia / Melissa Krall -- Honour killings and the law in Turkey / Ece Göztepe -- Female suicide in Afghanistan / Carol Mann -- An Ngo's long-term strategy in Pakistan / Naeem Sarfraz -- Dowries in India / Ruchi Anand -- The dalit women of India / Rajeni Chagar -- Acid attacks in Bangladesh / Mahera Khaleque -- The Jhumma women of Bangladesh / Anonymous -- Trafficking in women in Russia / Anonymous -- Abuse of women in medieval and early modern Spain / Isabel Pérez Molina -- Forced marriage as a foreign policy issue in the United Kingdom / Sir Christopher MacRae -- A celebrated lynching in the United States / Carol Lee Bowers.