Gender-Based Violence

by Geraldine Terry

Book Overview

This book brings together some of the most interesting and innovative work being done to tackle gender-based violence in various sectors, world regions, and socio-political contexts. Articles cover a wide range of manifestations of gender-based violence, including femicide, or the murder of women because they are women, domestic and sexual violence, female genital mutilation or cutting, the sexual exploitation of girls at school, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0855986026
• ISBN13: 9780855986025
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Oxfam
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"