ABSTRACT
This book amplifies the different voices and experiences of those facing gender-based violence (GBV) in the Global South. It explores the localised ways in which marginalised individuals design modes of coping with and address GBV, including cultural interpretations, and artistic and faith-based expressions.
The book examines GBV triggers, prevalence, and societal impacts while referring to community, national, and regional mobilisation to deal with the phenomenon in its various manifestations, including physical, psychological, political, domestic, and public violence. It explores issues related to women’s negotiations with the patriarchal underpinnings of GBV; the role of the law and history in the perpetuation of GBV; the complementary role of culture and faith to legal protection against GBV, and access to justice for women and girls. In doing so, the book exposes understandings and expressions of GBV, as well as methodologies and indigenous initiatives to prevent it through local viable solutions. The book thus challenges the normalisation of GBV in the Global South.
Providing concrete and culturally relevant suggestions for challenging ingrained models of gender understandings of violence in the Global South, this book will be of interest to academics in the fields of Development Studies, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Violence and Abuse Studies, Human Rights, Criminal Law, and Socio-Legal Studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|46 pages
Constructions of Masculinity and the Perpetration of Gender-Based Violence
chapter 3|19 pages
Constructing South African Juvenile Sexual Offenders
part II|40 pages
Artistic Interpretations of Gender-Based Violence Victimisation and Perpetration
chapter 5|19 pages
‘Written Warnings’
part III|45 pages
State Responses to Women's Resistance and Mobilisation Against Gender-Based Violence
chapter 6|22 pages
Between Shutdown and Lockdown – Defeating Gender-Based Violence
chapter 7|21 pages
Resistance to Political Violence against Women in Turkey
part IV|62 pages
Legal and Policy Mechanisms to Address Gender-Based Violence and Ensure Access to Justice
chapter 8|21 pages
Protection and Access to Justice of Victims of Gender-Based Violence in Mexico
chapter 9|20 pages
Brazilian Responses to Gender-Based Violence in a Global Perspective
chapter 10|19 pages
Intimate Partner Violence and its Effects on Women's Health in Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname
part V|71 pages
Engaging Cultural and Religious Values for Meaningful Social Transformations and Institutional Frameworks to Address Gender-Based Violence