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Crimes against women

Table of Contents: “…Nyamongo -- Female genital mutilation in Senegal and Somalia / Tobe Levin -- Patriarchal dominance and female subservience in Ethiopia / Melissa Krall -- Honour killings and the law in Turkey / Ece Göztepe -- Female suicide in Afghanistan / Carol Mann -- An Ngo's long-term strategy in Pakistan / Naeem Sarfraz -- Dowries in India / Ruchi Anand -- The dalit women of India / Rajeni Chagar -- Acid attacks in Bangladesh / Mahera Khaleque -- The Jhumma women of Bangladesh / Anonymous -- Trafficking in women in Russia / Anonymous -- Abuse of women in medieval and early modern Spain / Isabel Pérez Molina -- Forced marriage as a foreign policy issue in the United Kingdom / Sir Christopher MacRae -- A celebrated lynching in the United States / Carol Lee Bowers.…”
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Figures of Southeast Asian modernity

Table of Contents: “…Singapore / Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied -- Malay gangster / Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir -- Bangladeshi worker / Md Mizanur Rahman -- Woman activist / Yu-Mei Balasingamchow -- Peri-urban tenant / Loh Kah Seng -- The people's filmmaker / Liew Kai Khiun -- Schoolteacher / Adeline Koh -- Social entrepreneur / Erik Holmberg --…”
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The regulation of continental shelf development : rethinking international standards /

Table of Contents: “…Lodge -- The continental shelf beyond 200 nm : a first look at the bay of bengal (bangladesh/myanmar) case / Ted L. McDorman -- International standards for offshore drilling / J. …”
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Trans-Himalayan linguistics /

Table of Contents: “…Post -- The Tibetic languages and their classification / Nicolas Tournadre -- Internal diversity in the Tamangic lexicon / Isao Honda -- A preliminary reconstruction of East Bodish / Gwendolyn Hyslop -- Burushaski kinship terminology of Indo-European origin / Ilija Čašule -- Subject and object agreement in Shumcho / Christian Huber -- The tone patterns of numeral-plus-classifier phrases in Yongning Na : a synchronic description and analysis / Alexis Michaud -- Rengmitca : the most endangered Kuki-Chin language of Bangladesh / David A. Peterson -- Initial grammatical sketch of Tilung / Jean Robert Opgenort -- Tshangla phonology and a standard Tshangla orthography / Tim Bodt.…”
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A handbook of children and young people's participation : perspectives from theory and practice /

Table of Contents: “…The realisation of children's participation rights : critical reflections / Gerison Lansdown -- Challenges of participatory practice with children / Karen Malone and Catherine Hartung -- Children's participation in Bangladesh : issues of agency and structures of violence / Sarah White and Shyamol Choudhury -- Children's participation in armed conflict and post conflict peace building / Clare Feinstein, Annette Giertsen and Claire O'Kane -- The participation of children living in the poorest and most difficult situations / Patricia Ray -- Dikwankwetla-- children in action : children's participation in the law reform process in South Africa / Lucy Jamieson and Wanjiru Mukoma -- Younger children's individual participation in "all matters affecting the child" / Priscilla Alderson -- Disabled children and participation in the UK : reality or rhetoric? …”

Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in Agricultural Development

Table of Contents: “…Adoption of Stress-tolerant Rice Varieties in Bangladesh -- 16. More than cereal based cropping innovations for improving food and livelihood security of poor small holders in marginal areas of Bangladesh -- 17. …”
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Marginality Addressing the Nexus of Poverty, Exclusion and Ecology /

Table of Contents: “…1 Marginality—An Overview and Implications for Policy -- Part 1 Concepts and Theory -- 2 Marginality—A Framework for Analyzing Causal Complexities of Poverty -- 3 Exclusion and Initiatives to “Include”: Revisiting Basic Economics to Guide Development Practice -- 4 Marginality from a Socio-ecological Perspective -- Part 2 Dimensions and Prevalence of Marginality -- 5 Mapping Marginality Hotspots -- 6 The Poorest: Who and Where They Are -- 7 Targeting the Poorest and Most Vulnerable: Examples from Bangladesh -- 8 Correlates of Extreme Poverty in Rural Ethiopia -- 9 Examining the Circle of Attachment, Trauma, Shame, and Marginalization: the Unheard Voices of Young Kutchi Girls -- Part 3 Environmental Drivers of Marginality -- 10 Poverty, Agriculture and the Environment: the Case of Sub-Saharan Africa -- 11 The Marginal Poor and their Dependence on Ecosystem Services: Evidence from South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa -- 12 Land Degradation, Poverty, and Marginality -- Part 4     Experiencing Marginality in Africa and Asia -- 13 Tackling Social Exclusion and Marginality for Poverty Reduction: Indian Experiences -- 14 Consumption Behavior of the Poorest and Policy Implications in Indonesia -- 15 Addressing Extreme Poverty and Marginality: Experiences in Rural China -- 16 Experiences in Targeting the Poorest: a Case Study from Bangladesh -- 17 Rural Poverty and Marginalization in Ethiopia: a Review of Development Interventions -- Part 5 Responses to Marginality at Different Levels: State, Business, and Community -- 18 Macro, Fiscal, and Decentralization Options to Address Marginality and Reach the Extremely Poor -- 19 Social Protection, Marginality, and Extreme Poverty: Just Give Money to the Poor -- 20 Innovative Business Approaches for the Reduction of Extreme Poverty and Marginality -- 21 Business Initiatives that Overcome Rural Poverty and Marginality Through Creating Shared Value -- 22 The Marginalized and Poorest in Different Communities and Settings of Ethiopia.…”
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Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction and Summary to Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia -- Part One: Poverty Alleviation with Microfinance -- Chapter 2: Poverty Alleviation with Microfinance: Bangladesh Evidence -- Chapter 3: Does Microcredit Help the Poor and Financially Marginalized Communities? …”
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NGOs in international politics by Ahmed, Shamima, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Overview of NGOs in international politics -- NGOs and international relations theory -- NGO evolution -- NGO roles in international politics -- NGO relations with states -- NGOs and IGOs -- Case studies -- NGOs and foreign aid -- NGOs and transnational accountability in Bangladesh -- NGOs and international security -- NGOs and human rights : women's rights at the UN -- NGOs and global environmental activism -- Conclusion.…”
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Going to school in South Asia

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : culture, curriculum, and points of intersection / Amita Gupta -- Schooling in Afghanistan / Roozbeh Shirazi -- Schooling in Bangladesh / Sajeda Amin -- Schooling in Bhutan / Tenzin Chhoeda -- Schooling in India / Amita Gupta -- Schooling in the Maldives / Mohamed Latheef and Amita Gupta -- Schooling in Nepal / Tara Niraula -- Schooling in Pakistan / Sajid Ali and Iffat Farah -- Schooling in Sri Lanka / Swarna Jayaweera.…”
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Lahore Cinema : Between Realism and Fable / by Dadi, Iftikhar

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Journal of Women's History Guide to Periodical Literature / by Fischer, Gayle V.

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Access Contested : Security, Identity, and Resistance in Asian Cyberspace /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to the country profiles. Asia overview ; Bangladesh ; Burma ; China ; India ; Indonesia ; Malaysia ; Pakistan ; South Korea ; Thailand ; Vietnam.…”
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Borderland Lives in Northern South Asia /

Table of Contents: “…Mishra -- The micropolitics of borders : the issue of Greater Nagaland (or Nagalim) / Vibha Joshi -- Nodes of control in a South(east) Asian borderland / Nicholas Farrelly -- Histories of belonging(s) : narrating territory, possession, and dispossession at the India-Bangladesh border / Jason Cons -- Geographies and identities : subaltern partition stories along Bengal's southern frontier / Annu Jalais -- Afterword: Making the most of "sensitive" borders / Willem van Schendel.…”
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Borders and Mobility in South Asia and Beyond /

Table of Contents: “…Figure 2.2 Locations of Border Haats along the India-Bangladesh BorderFigure 3.1 The Chittagong Hill Tracts; Figure 3.2 The Sajek Valley; Figure 7.1 Typical Afghan Transportation; Figure 7.2 Akbar's Route to Europe; Figure 10.1 Ramjibha's Identity Tangent…”
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Achieving Health for All : Primary Health Care in Action /

Table of Contents: “…Nanda, and Luc Barriere Constantin -- Bangladesh's health improvement strategy as an example of the Alma-Ata Declaration in action / Taufique Joarder and Ferdous Arfina Osman -- Ethiopia : expansion of primary health care through the health extension program / Zufan Abera Damtew, Meike Schleiff, Kebede Worku, Chala Tesfaye, Seblewengel Lemma, Onaopemipo Abiodun, Mignote Solomon Haile, Dennis Carlson, Ahmed Moen, and Henry B. …”
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Global Digital Cultures : Perspectives from South Asia /

Table of Contents: “…Politics of algorithms, Indian citizenship, and the colonial legacy / Payal Arora -- Digital television in digital India / Shanti Kumar -- Imagining cellular India : the popular, the infrastructural, and the national / Rahul Mukherjee -- Bridging the deepest digital divides : a history and survey of digital media in Myanmar / Daniel Arnaudo -- Dating applications, intimacy, and cosmopolitan desire in India / Vishnupriya Das -- Anomalously digital in South Asia : a peri-technological project for deaf youth in Mumbai / Shruti Vaidya and Kentaro Toyama -- The making of a technocrat : social media and Narendra Modi / Joyojeet Pal -- Twitter as liveness : #ShamedInSydney and the paradox of participatory live television / Sangeet Kumar -- The remediation of nationalism : viscerality, virality, and digital affect / Purnima Mankekar and Hannah Carlan -- Clash of actors : nation-talk and middle-class politics on online media / Sahana Udupa -- Private publics : new media and performances of Pakistani identity from party videos to geo news / Mobina Hashmi -- The man on the moon : a semiotic analysis of scopic regimes in Bangladesh / Muhammad Nabil Zuberi -- Media and imperialism in the global village : a case study of the four Malalais and the Af-Pak Women's Rights Movement / Wazhmah Osman.…”
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Anthropology, Film Industries, Modularity /

Table of Contents: “…Rossoukh -- Journalists as Cultural Vectors: Film as the Building Blocks of News Narratives in India / Amrita Ibrahim -- "This is Not a Film": Industrial Expectations and Film Criticism as Censorship at the Bangladesh Film Censor Board / Lotte Hoek -- "This Most Reluctant of Romantic Cities": Dis-location Film Shooting in the Old City of Sana'a / Steven C. …”
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