Overcoming violence against women and girls : the international campaign to eradicate a worldwide problem /
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| Author / Creator: | Penn, Michael L., 1958- |
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2003. |
| Description: | x, 255 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4896499 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Globalization of the Effort to Eradicate Gender-Based Violence
- Where Do We Go from Here?
- The Nature of Authentic Human Relationships
- The Nature of Moral Education
- Part I. Global Prevalence of Gender-Based Inequality and Violence
- 1. Confronting Structural Violence against Women and Girls: The Principle and Practice of Gender Equality
- Gender Inequality and Structural Violence
- The Idea of Gender Equality: Implications for the Organization of Society
- Organic Equality and Human Interdependence
- The Ontological Basis of Gender Equality
- 2. Sexual Violence against Women and Girls
- Incest and Child Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Inequality in Child-Rearing Practices
- Underestimating the Damage Caused by Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Trafficking in Women
- The Role of Human Rights Law in Eradicating Trafficking
- Rape and Sexual Abuse by Armed Forces
- Rape as a Widely Used Weapon and Instrument of Domination and Control
- The Health Consequences of Rape
- Sexual Harassment
- Cyberporn and the Sexual Exploitation of Children
- U.S. National Child Sex Offender Registration Laws
- Moral and Spiritual Dimensions of the Problem: The Challenge of Self-Mastery
- 3. Physical Abuse
- Battering
- Domestic Violence in Lesbian Relationships
- Violence against Domestic and Migrant Workers
- Conceptualizing Domestic Violence as Torture
- The Impact of Gender-Based Violence on Children
- Part II. Culturally Sanctioned Forms of Violence
- 4. Culture, Traditional Practices, and Gender-Based Violence
- Female Circumcision/Female Surgery
- What Is Female Genital Circumcision?
- The Nature and Prevalence of Dowry Murder
- The Role of the Legal Culture
- Part III. Efforts to Readicate Gender-Based Violence
- 5. The Role of Education
- Material Education
- Human Education
- Spiritual Education
- The Concept of Spirituality
- Spiritual Development and the Social Order
- 6. The Authenticity Project
- Overview of the Ethics of the Authenticity Project
- Basic Framework of the International Moral Education Project
- Love, Power, and Justice
- The Authenticity Project on Social Norms and Material and Spiritual Values
- 7. The Development of Emotional Competence
- 8. The Role of Men in Eradicating Gender-Based Violence
- Religious Communities
- Educational Institutions
- Places of Employment
- 9. Why Have Hope? Some Final Reflections on the Global Campaign to Eradicate Gender-Based Violence
- Why Have Hope?
- A Closing Word
- Appendix A. Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women
- Appendix B. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Appendix C. Draft Convention against Sexual Exploitation (January 1994)
- Appendix D. Summary of the Global Platform for Action and the Beijing Declaration
- Appendix E. Mission Statement for the Authenticity Project
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author