Description
Violence Against Women in Peace and War: Cases from the Middle East explores violence against women in the Middle East. Through a narrative research approach, Maria Holt compares a range of settings and experiences, arguing that (1) violence against women tends to increase during periods of conflict; (2) such practices are legitimized by an already existing environment in which violence against women is tolerated; (3) women are building strategies, both at local and regional levels, to combat and eliminate violence, thus enabling them to play a more constructive role in processes of conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction; and (4) the greater the commitment by public authorities to creating sound local frameworks to address violence against women the stronger will be Arab women's ability to resist conflict.
About the Author
Maria Holt is reader in politics at the University of Westminister.
Book Information
ISBN 9781498598859
Author Maria Holt
Format Hardback
Page Count 294
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Lexington Books
Weight(grams) 612g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 162mm * 27mm
