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Our lived realities : reading gender in Malaysia /

Table of Contents: “…Gapor -- Women, law, and justice, the case of domestic violence in Malaysia / Noraida Endut -- Shifting boundaries, Islam, jurisprudence, and gender in Malaysia / Zarizana Abdul Aziz.…”
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Our lived realities : reading gender in Malaysia /

Table of Contents: “…Gapor -- Women, law, and justice, the case of domestic violence in Malaysia / Noraida Endut -- Shifting boundaries, Islam, jurisprudence, and gender in Malaysia / Zarizana Abdul Aziz.…”
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International family law an introduction / by Stark, Barbara, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Marriage -- Partnerships other than marriage -- Adoption -- Divorce/marital status -- Divorce/maintenance and support -- Divorce/property distribution -- Reproductive rights and abortion -- Visitation -- Child custody and abduction -- Child support -- Domestic violence -- Human rights for the family and human rights of individuals within the family.…”
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International family law an introduction / by Stark, Barbara, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Marriage -- Partnerships other than marriage -- Adoption -- Divorce/marital status -- Divorce/maintenance and support -- Divorce/property distribution -- Reproductive rights and abortion -- Visitation -- Child custody and abduction -- Child support -- Domestic violence -- Human rights for the family and human rights of individuals within the family.…”
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Gender violence in Russia the politics of feminist intervention / by Johnson, Janet Elise

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : foreign intervention and gender violence -- The global feminist challenge, communism, and postcommunism -- The women's crisis center movement : funding and de-funding feminism -- Sexual assault : the limits of blame and shame -- Domestic violence : the benefits of assistance -- Trafficking in women : the costs of state pressure -- Conclusion : recommendations for future interventions.…”
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Gender violence in Russia the politics of feminist intervention / by Johnson, Janet Elise

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : foreign intervention and gender violence -- The global feminist challenge, communism, and postcommunism -- The women's crisis center movement : funding and de-funding feminism -- Sexual assault : the limits of blame and shame -- Domestic violence : the benefits of assistance -- Trafficking in women : the costs of state pressure -- Conclusion : recommendations for future interventions.…”
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Parental kidnapping in America an historical and cultural analysis / by Dabbagh, Maureen, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Parental abduction: a timeless tradition -- The progressive era and the family -- Culture, blood and borders -- The military, war, and parental kidnapping -- Religion: motivation for abduction -- Heroes and outlaws -- Nationalism and the Hague -- Domestic violence, child abuse, and alienation -- Law enforcement and parental kidnapping -- Reunification -- Prevention -- Politics of abduction -- Evolution of an epidemic.…”
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Parental kidnapping in America an historical and cultural analysis / by Dabbagh, Maureen, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Parental abduction: a timeless tradition -- The progressive era and the family -- Culture, blood and borders -- The military, war, and parental kidnapping -- Religion: motivation for abduction -- Heroes and outlaws -- Nationalism and the Hague -- Domestic violence, child abuse, and alienation -- Law enforcement and parental kidnapping -- Reunification -- Prevention -- Politics of abduction -- Evolution of an epidemic.…”
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A lasting promise : a Christian guide to fighting for your marriage /

Table of Contents: “…Oneness -- Four key patterns that destroy oneness -- Communicating safely and clearly : the speaker-listener technique -- Problem solving -- Ground rules for protecting your marriage from conflict -- Issues and events -- Unmet expectations and what to do about them -- Understanding commitment -- The power of commitment -- Forgiveness and the restoration of intimacy -- Preserving and protecting friendship -- Increasing your fun together -- Enhancing and protecting your sex life -- Spiritual intimacy and oneness -- More information onthe Christian PREP approach -- Some thoughts on domestic violence.…”
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A lasting promise : a Christian guide to fighting for your marriage /

Table of Contents: “…Oneness -- Four key patterns that destroy oneness -- Communicating safely and clearly : the speaker-listener technique -- Problem solving -- Ground rules for protecting your marriage from conflict -- Issues and events -- Unmet expectations and what to do about them -- Understanding commitment -- The power of commitment -- Forgiveness and the restoration of intimacy -- Preserving and protecting friendship -- Increasing your fun together -- Enhancing and protecting your sex life -- Spiritual intimacy and oneness -- More information onthe Christian PREP approach -- Some thoughts on domestic violence.…”
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Due diligence and its application to protect women from violence

Table of Contents: “…Abi-Mershed -- Applying the due diligence principle in Asia Pacific / Lisa Pusey -- South Africa's response to domestic violence / Dee Smythe -- Violence against women by non-state actors, a responsibility for the state under human rights law : Amnesty International's work on domestic violence / Lisa Gormley -- Spain : more rights, but the obstacles remain / María Naredo Molero -- Human trafficking : a brief introduction to issues of responsibility and accountability / Anne Gallagher -- Problems with the implementation of the due diligence standard from the perspective of countries of origin in the OSCE region / Shivaun Scanlan -- Human trafficking in Germany / Nivedita Prasad and Babette Rohner -- Violence against women, cultural/religious traditions and the international standard of due diligence / Judith Wyttenbach -- Violence against women legitimised by arguments of 'culture' : thoughts from a Pakistani perspective / Farida Shaheed -- Controlling women's sexuality, sustaining dominant culture(s), legitimising gender-based violence : the case for due diligence / Susana T. …”
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Due diligence and its application to protect women from violence

Table of Contents: “…Abi-Mershed -- Applying the due diligence principle in Asia Pacific / Lisa Pusey -- South Africa's response to domestic violence / Dee Smythe -- Violence against women by non-state actors, a responsibility for the state under human rights law : Amnesty International's work on domestic violence / Lisa Gormley -- Spain : more rights, but the obstacles remain / María Naredo Molero -- Human trafficking : a brief introduction to issues of responsibility and accountability / Anne Gallagher -- Problems with the implementation of the due diligence standard from the perspective of countries of origin in the OSCE region / Shivaun Scanlan -- Human trafficking in Germany / Nivedita Prasad and Babette Rohner -- Violence against women, cultural/religious traditions and the international standard of due diligence / Judith Wyttenbach -- Violence against women legitimised by arguments of 'culture' : thoughts from a Pakistani perspective / Farida Shaheed -- Controlling women's sexuality, sustaining dominant culture(s), legitimising gender-based violence : the case for due diligence / Susana T. …”
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On norms and agency conversations about gender equality with women and men in 20 countries /

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / RACHEL KYTE -- Foreword / JUDITH RODIN -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- Introduction: the norms of power and the power of norms -- The study approach -- Methodology of the study -- Discussing and researching gender equality : a brief introduction to the primary study concepts -- Creating and enforcing gender through norms, roles and beliefs -- Changing norms -- Overview of chapters -- References -- Gender norms -- The rules we live by : gender norms and ideal images -- Normative frameworks for household gender inequalities -- The good girl, the good boy -- Community-level views of gender norms -- References -- Negotiating the norms that bind : a winding road -- The quiet relaxing and changing of norms -- Timing is all: negotiating opportunities and gender-specific responsibilities -- Intergenerational transmission of the possibility of change -- Gender norms in transition -- "A woman should be beaten if she deserves punishment" -- A. extent and forms of domestic violence -- B. causes and consequences of domestic violence -- References -- Having and making choices -- Strategic life decisions : who has the final say? …”
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On norms and agency conversations about gender equality with women and men in 20 countries /

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / RACHEL KYTE -- Foreword / JUDITH RODIN -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- Introduction: the norms of power and the power of norms -- The study approach -- Methodology of the study -- Discussing and researching gender equality : a brief introduction to the primary study concepts -- Creating and enforcing gender through norms, roles and beliefs -- Changing norms -- Overview of chapters -- References -- Gender norms -- The rules we live by : gender norms and ideal images -- Normative frameworks for household gender inequalities -- The good girl, the good boy -- Community-level views of gender norms -- References -- Negotiating the norms that bind : a winding road -- The quiet relaxing and changing of norms -- Timing is all: negotiating opportunities and gender-specific responsibilities -- Intergenerational transmission of the possibility of change -- Gender norms in transition -- "A woman should be beaten if she deserves punishment" -- A. extent and forms of domestic violence -- B. causes and consequences of domestic violence -- References -- Having and making choices -- Strategic life decisions : who has the final say? …”
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Faulkner and Welty and the southern literary tradition by Polk, Noel

Table of Contents: “…Faulkner and Welty and the southern literary tradition -- How Shreve gets in to Quentin's pants -- Faulkner in the Luxembourg gardens -- Testing masculinity in the Snopes trilogy -- Reading blood and history in Go down, Moses -- Faulkner and the Commies -- War and modernism in a fable -- Scar -- Water, wanderers, and weddings: going to naples and to no place -- The landscape of alienation in "Old Mr. Marblehall" -- Domestic violence in "The purple hat," "Magic," and "The doll" -- The ponderable heart.…”
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Faulkner and Welty and the southern literary tradition by Polk, Noel

Table of Contents: “…Faulkner and Welty and the southern literary tradition -- How Shreve gets in to Quentin's pants -- Faulkner in the Luxembourg gardens -- Testing masculinity in the Snopes trilogy -- Reading blood and history in Go down, Moses -- Faulkner and the Commies -- War and modernism in a fable -- Scar -- Water, wanderers, and weddings: going to naples and to no place -- The landscape of alienation in "Old Mr. Marblehall" -- Domestic violence in "The purple hat," "Magic," and "The doll" -- The ponderable heart.…”
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Bleak houses marital violence in Victorian fiction / by Surridge, Lisa A. (Lisa Anne), 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Private violence in the public eye: the early writings of Charles Dickens -- Domestic violence and middle-class manliness: Dombey and Son -- From regency violence to Victorian feminism: The tenant of Wildfell Hall -- The abused woman and the community: "Janet's repentance" -- Strange revelations: the divorce court, the newspaper, and The woman in white -- The private eye and the public gaze: He knew he was right -- Marital violence and the new woman: The wing of Azrael -- "Are women protected?" …”
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Critical essays on Dagaaba rhetoric by Naaeke, Anthony Y., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…The Dagaaba of Ghana -- The cultural relevance of myth: a reader-response analysis of the Bagre myth with reference to the role and place of women in the Dagaaba society -- African art and persuasion: the rhetoric of the bera among the Dagaaba of Ghana -- Consolatory rhetoric: persuasion in Dagaaba funeral rituals and symbolic action -- Dismantling fear and establishing ethos: missionary activity as persuasion -- Breaking the silence on domestic violence: communication for development in northwestern Ghana -- Liberating the "mistress" in Africa: the prophetic role of development communication.…”
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Critical essays on Dagaaba rhetoric by Naaeke, Anthony Y., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…The Dagaaba of Ghana -- The cultural relevance of myth: a reader-response analysis of the Bagre myth with reference to the role and place of women in the Dagaaba society -- African art and persuasion: the rhetoric of the bera among the Dagaaba of Ghana -- Consolatory rhetoric: persuasion in Dagaaba funeral rituals and symbolic action -- Dismantling fear and establishing ethos: missionary activity as persuasion -- Breaking the silence on domestic violence: communication for development in northwestern Ghana -- Liberating the "mistress" in Africa: the prophetic role of development communication.…”
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Bleak houses marital violence in Victorian fiction / by Surridge, Lisa A. (Lisa Anne), 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Private violence in the public eye: the early writings of Charles Dickens -- Domestic violence and middle-class manliness: Dombey and Son -- From regency violence to Victorian feminism: The tenant of Wildfell Hall -- The abused woman and the community: "Janet's repentance" -- Strange revelations: the divorce court, the newspaper, and The woman in white -- The private eye and the public gaze: He knew he was right -- Marital violence and the new woman: The wing of Azrael -- "Are women protected?" …”
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