Giving voices to the voiceless gender-based violence in the occupied Palestinian territories
Gender-based violence affects women throughout their lives and occurs in different abusive forms, including physical, psychological, sexual, and economic abuse. Gender-based violence has a diverse impact on women and may result in homicides, suicides, and many adverse health problems. It occurs as a...
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Cairo
American University in Cairo Press
2011
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Table of Contents:
- Giving voice to the voiceless
- A journey through history
- Navigating the legal maze
- Religon: the making of gender identity
- Gender socialisation: the rite of passage to womanhood
- Behind closed doors: violence against women
- Resistance and coping with violence
- Making sense of it all: the way forward.