Violence against Women: What Everyone Needs to Know®($18.95Value)

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Eliminating violence against women globally is now seen as one of the major challenges of the twenty-first century. This book introduces a wide readership to the problem of violence against women and girls (VAWG) identified by social movements, researchers, and policymakers. It provides raw material, stories from around the world, macro data, and up-to-date knowledge on the various forms of VAWG. It highlights the intersections of VAWG with several other issues, and sets out the most promising policy and advocacy frameworks to end this violence. "This book is complex and yet refreshing. It brings the contentious issue of violence against women to the forefront of the Australian and international academic debate. True's work is indispensable reading for all those with an interest in gender and international relations, politics and gender, women's rights, feminist theory, conflict studies, feminist legal theory, and women's empowerment in the workplace." -- Flavia Bellieni Zimmermann, Australian Institute of International Affairs "This book is complex and yet refreshing. It brings the contentious issue of violence against women to the forefront of the Australian and international academic debate. True's work is indispensable reading for all those with an interest in gender and international relations, politics and gender, women's rights, feminist theory, conflict studies, feminist legal theory, and women's empowerment in the workplace." -- Flavia Bellieni Zimmermann, Australian Institute of International Affairs Jacqui True is Professor of International Relations and Director of Monash University's Centre for Gender, Peace and Security. She is also a Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute (PRIO), Oslo. She is the author of 14 books including the prize-winning The Political Economy of Violence against Women , and The Oxford Handbook on Women, Peace, and Security with Sara E. Davies. Jacqui True is Professor of International Relations and Director of Monash University's Centre for Gender, Peace and Security. She is also a Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute (PRIO), Oslo. She is the author of 14 books including the prize-winning The Political Economy of Violence against Women , and The Oxford Handbook on Women, Peace, and Security with Sara E. Davies.