TY - BOOK ID - 78143842 TI - Gender and Violence in Haiti PY - 2014 SN - 081356316X 9780813563169 1306688957 9781306688956 0813563151 9780813563152 9780813563145 0813563143 9780813563152 PB - New Brunswick, NJ DB - UniCat KW - Women KW - Female offenders KW - Family violence KW - Abused women KW - Sex crimes KW - Girls KW - Human females KW - Wimmin KW - Woman KW - Womon KW - Womyn KW - Females KW - Human beings KW - Femininity KW - Delinquent women KW - Offenders, Female KW - Women criminals KW - Women offenders KW - Criminals KW - Domestic violence KW - Household violence KW - Interparental violence KW - Intrafamily violence KW - Violence KW - Battered women KW - Victims of crimes KW - Battered woman syndrome KW - Abuse, Sexual KW - Sex offenses KW - Sexual abuse KW - Sexual crimes KW - Sexual delinquency KW - Sexual offenses KW - Sexual violence KW - Crime KW - Prostitution KW - Children KW - Young women KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Violence against KW - gender inequity, Gender, violence, Haiti, Women, Victims, sexual violence. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78143842 AB - Women in Haiti are frequent victims of sexual violence and armed assault. Yet an astonishing proportion of these victims also act as perpetrators of violent crime, often as part of armed groups. Award-winning legal scholar Benedetta Faedi Duramy visited Haiti to discover what causes these women to act in such destructive ways and what might be done to stop this tragic cycle of violence. Gender and Violence in Haiti is the product of more than a year of extensive firsthand observations and interviews with the women who have been caught up in the widespread violence plaguing Haiti. Drawing from the experiences of a diverse group of Haitian women, Faedi Duramy finds that both the victims and perpetrators of violence share a common sense of anger and desperation. Untangling the many factors that cause these women to commit violence, from self-defense to revenge, she identifies concrete measures that can lead them to feel vindicated and protected by their communities. Faedi Duramy vividly conveys the horrifying conditions pervading Haiti, even before the 2010 earthquake. But Gender and Violence in Haiti also carries a message of hope-and shows what local authorities and international relief agencies can do to help the women of Haiti. ER -