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"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"--

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"Gender, Homicide, and the Politics of Responsibility book explores the competing and contradictory understandings of violence against women and men's responsibility, situating these within the personal and political intersections of neoliberal and 'postfeminist' imperatives of individualisation, choice, and empowerment. As violence against women has become a national and international policy priority, feminist concerns about violence against women and men's responsibility, have entered the mainstream only to be articulated in politically contradictory ways. This book explores themes of responsibility for violence, and the social and legal consequences that men and women uniquely or differently encounter. By drawing on high-profile cases of homicide, an extensive literature on feminist perspectives on violence, and compelling focus group discussions, the book examines the politicised claims regarding the 'responsibility' of men and women as both victims and offenders in intimate relationships. Deploying a range of interdisciplinary approaches, it utilises a blend of cultural theory and psychosocial analysis to offer an account of the infiltration of postfeminist and neoliberal sensibilities of individualism and responsibilisation in the social, legal, and interpersonal imaginary. The book makes contributions to several fields, such as the current public policy initiatives to hold men accountable for violence against women; understanding public attitudes to violence against women; and contextualising the challenges faced by a number of feminist reforms that seek to address these issues. An accessible and compelling read, Gender, Homicide, and the Politics of Responsibility will appeal to students and scholars of criminology, sociology, gender studies and those interested in understanding the debates surrounding violence against women, violence by women, and the social construction of responsibility and responsibilisation"--.

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La prise en compte des violences contre les femmes en tant que problème de société est relativement récente en France. Mais que recouvre le concept de violences contre les femmes ? Comment identifier les formes de violence ? Quelle est leur ampleur ? Qui sont les victimes ? Qui sont les agresseurs ? L'analyse sociologique de ce phénomène polymorphe est nécessaire pour déconstruire les idées reçues et lever les tabous. L'enquête nationale sur les violences envers les femmes en France (Enveff), menée en 2000, répond en grande partie à ces attentes. Le mouvement mondial de reconnaissance des violences contre les femmes est un élément majeur de la lutte contre les inégalités entre les sexes, mais le chiffrage et les comparaisons internationales relève d'enjeux politiques et sociaux considérables. Si la production de statistiques de cadrage est indispensable, de quelles sources dispose-t-on réellement pour cerner cette question ? Quelle est la pertinence de telles confrontations ?

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This concise introduction defines gender violence in social and cultural terms. Through personal accounts and ethnographic case studies, Sally Engle Merry provides a vivid portrait of many forms of violence in gendered relationships. Domestic violence, rape, murder, wartime sexual assault, prison and police violence, murder, female genital cutting, female infanticide, honor killings, and trafficking are all analyzed extensively. Merry examines major social movements and other efforts to diminish gender violence such as criminalization, batterer retraining programs, and human rights interventions. Gender Violence: A Cultural Perspective challenges readers to confront gender violence as a social problem deeply embedded in inequalities of class, race, and nation as well as gender. It offers a highly readable and clear overview of what constitutes gender violence, its social context, and its history as a public issue. It is invaluable as a guide to this complex and important social problem

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