TY - BOOK ID - 80775443 TI - Violence against women : what everyone needs to know® PY - 2021 SN - 9780199378944 9780199378937 0199378932 0199378940 0199378959 0199378967 PB - New York, N.Y. Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Women KW - Girls KW - Crimes against KW - Violence against KW - Social problems KW - Women - Crimes against KW - Girls - Violence against UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80775443 AB - "What is Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG)? What do we mean by violence against women and girls (VAWG)? Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a catch-all phrase. It includes a wide range of forms of violence. Often, when people talk about VAWG in western societies, they are referring to intimate partner violence or domestic violence in the family or "private" sphere. But VAWG extends beyond these forms and spaces. Women and girls experience abuse and violence within and across multiple sites at home, at work and in public spaces, but the experience transcends national boundaries to include globalized settings such as international sporting events, national borders during migration, and in special economies or export processing zones with limited legal regulation. Indeed, the very notion of VAWG as a uniquely private sphere matter is part of the problem; that it is merely "private" violence has served to justify various types of violence against women for centuries. Recall the Napoleonic code, which states that "every man is a King in his own home" and therefore whatever goes on in that home is beyond the purview of the law and the state. We are still living with the legacy of this notion of the private realm, and of men's unquestioned power within it"-- ER -