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Forsaken females : the global brutalization of women
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- Creator
- Andrea Parrot and Nina Cummings
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2006]
- ©2006
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0742545784, 9780742545786, 0742545792, 9780742545793
- OCLC
- ocm63116867
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-237) and index.
- PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: Perspectives on violence against women -- The sociopolitical conditions that predispose women to violence -- PART II: VIOLENT PRACTICES: Femicide: infanticide and feticide -- Female genital cutting : clitoridectomy, female circumcision, FGM, or rite of passage -- Sexual violence -- Sexual slavery -- Trafficking in women -- Intimate partner violence -- Honor killing -- PART III: CONSEQUENCES AND POSSIBILITIES: The impact of violence against women -- Working toward a world without violence against women