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Violence Against Aboriginal Women In Australia: Possibilities For Redress Within The International Human Rights Framework, Penelope Andrews Jan 1997

Violence Against Aboriginal Women In Australia: Possibilities For Redress Within The International Human Rights Framework, Penelope Andrews

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This Article addresses the issue of violence against Aboriginal women. Part I concerns the historical violenceagainst Aboriginal people generally, and Part II concerns violence against Aboriginal women in particular. Part III considers how the priorities and perspectives of Aboriginal women and non-Aboriginal women differ insignificant ways despite their congruence in others. In particular, the Article evaluates the awkward relationship between Aboriginal women and the largely white feminist movement in Australia as a consequence of these different priorities and perspectives, and suggests how political victories for white or non-Aboriginal women could be translated into gains for Aboriginal women. The fourth part …

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Lionheart Gals Facing The Dragon : The Human Rights Of Inter/National Black Women In The United States, Hope Lewis Dec 1996

Lionheart Gals Facing The Dragon : The Human Rights Of Inter/National Black Women In The United States, Hope Lewis

Hope Lewis

This Article commands a more explicit engagement of critical race scholarship with feminist international human rights strategies. It focuses on Jamaican-American women. Part I discusses key aspects of the historical and sociological context in which the migration of Jamaican women to the New York City area has occurred. It also discusses trends in their participation in the paid labor force since the migratory patterns of Jamaican women are strongly linked to their employment opportunities. Part II describes and analyzes significant survival strategies used by working-class Jamaican-American women to escape from, reshape, or resist the exploitative conditions they face. The strategies …

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No-Drop Policies In The Prosecution Of Domestic Violence Cases: Guarantee To Action Or Dangerous Solution?, Angela Corsilles Jan 1994

No-Drop Policies In The Prosecution Of Domestic Violence Cases: Guarantee To Action Or Dangerous Solution?, Angela Corsilles

Fordham Law Review

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Recognizing Violence Against Women: Gender And The Hate Crimes Statistics Act, Elizabeth Pendo Jan 1994

Recognizing Violence Against Women: Gender And The Hate Crimes Statistics Act, Elizabeth Pendo

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This article argues that acts of gender-based violence should be recognized under the Hate Crimes Statistics Act of 1990, and that certain types of violence against women, such as rape, are fundamentally gender-based. Part I examines the existing definition of hate crimes under the HCSA, and the exclusion of the majority of violence against women. Part II suggests gender should be included as a category under the HCSA because of the similar effects of violence directed at women due to gender, and violence directed at members of other groups because of their group identity. Using acquaintance rape as an example, …

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Men, Women And Rape, Donald Dripps, Linda Fairstein, Robin West, Deborah W. Denno Jan 1994

Men, Women And Rape, Donald Dripps, Linda Fairstein, Robin West, Deborah W. Denno

Fordham Law Review

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Hate Crime Statutes: A Promising Tool For Fighting Violence Against , Marguerite Angelari Jan 1993

Hate Crime Statutes: A Promising Tool For Fighting Violence Against , Marguerite Angelari

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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The Arrest Experiments: A Feminist Critique, Cynthia Grant Bowman Apr 1992

The Arrest Experiments: A Feminist Critique, Cynthia Grant Bowman

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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