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From Violence Against Women To Women's Violence In Haiti, Benedetta Faedi Duramy Jan 2010

From Violence Against Women To Women's Violence In Haiti, Benedetta Faedi Duramy

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Much of the current scholarship, as well as international policy studies focusing on civil conflicts and armed violence, has primarily construed women as victims and men as perpetrators of violence. Although this prevalent interpretation certainly reflects conventional wisdom and tells part of a true war story, the remainder, which has been very much less publicized and addressed, also perceives women as participants in violence and men occasionally as victims. This Article joins the chorus of scholars that have only recently begun to highlight the flaws of this common belief and conversely, describe female participation in conflict and armed violence, often …


Epic Proportions: Violence Against Women In California 1992-99, California Department Of Health Services Oct 2003

Epic Proportions: Violence Against Women In California 1992-99, California Department Of Health Services

California Agencies

EPIC Proportions is a series of reports on injury control produced by the Epidemiology and Prevention for Injury Control (EPIC) Branch. This report, prepared by Laura E. Lund, M.A., updates a previous EPIC Proportions: Violent Injuries to Women in California.


Prevalence, Incidence, And Consequences Of Violence Against Women: Findings From The National Violence Against Women Survey, Us Department Of Justice Nov 1998

Prevalence, Incidence, And Consequences Of Violence Against Women: Findings From The National Violence Against Women Survey, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Research in Brief

No abstract provided.


Stalking In America: Findings From The National Violence Against Women Survey, Us Department Of Justice Apr 1998

Stalking In America: Findings From The National Violence Against Women Survey, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Research in Brief

No abstract provided.