Gender, Violence and the State in Asia

By: Joy L. Chia

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138580716
• ISBN13: 9781138580718
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"