Violence Against Women  (tagged articles)

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The Role of Female Quotas and Female Activism in Passing Gender Based Violence Legislation in Sub Saharan Africa: South Africa as a Case Study

Gina Starfield - "One thing governments have got is legislation. Legislation has an impact. It affects millions of people in a country just by a stroke of a pen."  – Executive Director of UN Women, Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, "Gender and Violence" Lecture, Yale University... Keep Reading »
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The Human Rights Impacts of VAWA 2013: A True Victory for Native American Women?

Lauren R. Kelly - The level of gender violence against native women in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. Furthermore, the vast majority of Native American gender violence victims are abused at the hands of non-native men. Native American tribes are considered to be... Keep Reading »
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Mob Violence Against Women in Algeria: A Historical Case Analysis

Renee S. Grozelle - Violence against women has recently become well recognized as a violation of human rights that holds worldwide significance. Unfortunately, violence against women outside of North America has gone largely unnoticed among the academic community and the media. Algerian... Keep Reading »
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Women's Issues in the Obama Era: Expanding Equality and Social Opportunity Under the Obama Administration

Caitlin Morelli - In 1972, The Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced to Congress to protect an individual’s irrefutable equality of rights under the law regardless of sex. Although it passed both houses and failed to secure the necessary votes for state ratification, it... Keep Reading »
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A Study in Violence: Examining Rape in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide

Violet K. Dixon - “The genocide was a collective act. What made it possible, what made that final political crime possible was the absence, the erasure of seeing the other, of knowing, of feeling, of being with the other. And when that's removed, then politics can become genocidal... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Violence Against Women is tagged in the following 5 articles.

Gender Studies
2016, Vol. 10 No. 1
The Role of Female Quotas and Female Activism in Passing Gender Based Violence Legislation in Sub Saharan Africa: South Africa as a Case Study
By Gina Starfield
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
"One thing governments have got is legislation. Legislation has an impact. It affects millions of people in a country just by a stroke of a pen."  – Executive Director of UN Women, Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, "Gender and Violence... Read Article »
Gender Violence Violence Against Women Domestic Violence South Africa Social Policy Sub-Saharan Africa Gender Quotas
Gender Violence
2015, Vol. 11 No. 2
The Human Rights Impacts of VAWA 2013: A True Victory for Native American Women?
By Lauren R. Kelly
Published by Discussions
The level of gender violence against native women in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. Furthermore, the vast majority of Native American gender violence victims are abused at the hands of non-native men. Native American tribes... Read Article »
Gender Violence Women's Rights Human Rights Violence Against Women Native American Women Native Americans American Indians
Human Rights
2015, Vol. 7 No. 03
Mob Violence Against Women in Algeria: A Historical Case Analysis
By Renee S. Grozelle
Violence Against Women has recently become well recognized as a violation of human rights that holds worldwide significance. Unfortunately, Violence Against Women outside of North America has gone largely unnoticed among the academic community and... Read Article »
Women's Rights Human Rights Violence Against Women Algeria North Africa Islam Arab World Muslim Women
Women's Rights
2015, Vol. 7 No. 02
Women's Issues in the Obama Era: Expanding Equality and Social Opportunity Under the Obama Administration
By Caitlin Morelli
In 1972, The Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced to Congress to protect an individual’s irrefutable equality of rights under the law regardless of sex. Although it passed both houses and failed to secure the necessary votes for state... Read Article »
Women's Rights American Politics Barack Obama Lilly Ledbetter Violence Against Women Act Public Policy
Rwanda
2009, Vol. 1 No. 12
A Study in Violence: Examining Rape in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
By Violet K. Dixon
“The genocide was a collective act. What made it possible, what made that final political crime possible was the absence, the erasure of seeing the other, of knowing, of feeling, of being with the other. And when that's removed, then politics... Read Article »
Rape Genocide Violence Against Women Rwanda Rwandan Genocide Human Rights

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