Women and violence : global lives in focus /

"This important and timely reference work examines violence against women and gender-based discrimination around the world, providing a global perspective on why this kind of oppression is still occurring in the 21st century"--

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Group Author: Nadeau, Kathleen G; Rayamajhi, Sangita
Published: ABC-CLIO,
Publisher Address: Santa Barbara, California :
Publication Dates: [2020]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Women and society around the world
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Summary: "This important and timely reference work examines violence against women and gender-based discrimination around the world, providing a global perspective on why this kind of oppression is still occurring in the 21st century"--
Carrier Form: xxxii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-252) and index.
ISBN: 9781440862236 (hardcover) :
1440862230 (hardcover)
9781440862243 (electronic book)
1440862249 (electronic book)
Index Number: HV6250
CLC: D441.7
C913.8
C913.68
Call Number: C913.68/W872-35
Contents: Introduction / Kathleen Nadeau and Sangita Rayamajhi -- Chronology -- 1. United States and Canada / Amber Deneen Gray and Kathleen Nadeau -- 2. Latin America and the Caribbean / Kathleen Nadeau -- 3. Europe / Chanvisna Sum and Kathleen Nadeau -- 4. North Africa and the Middle East / Kevin E. Grisham -- 5. Sub-Saharan Africa / Tiffany Fawn Jones -- 6. Central and East Asia / Sangita Rayamajhi -- 7. South and Southeast Asia / Sangita Rayamajhi and Kathleen Nadeau -- 8. Oceania / Katherine Jakovich and Jeremy A. Murray.