Gender, Violence and the State in Asia (Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series)

ISBN 10: 1138101729 / ISBN 13: 9781138101722

Published by Routledge, 2016

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gender, Violence and the State in Asia (Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138101729
• ISBN 13: 9781138101722
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used; Very Good

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Synopsis

While gender-based violence occurs in all societies irrespective of the level of development or cultural setting, whether in conflict or peacetime, the challenges for legal responses to gender-based violence are particularly acute in Asia. This book addresses the lack of academic discourse on gender-based violence in Asia beyond domestic violence, by demonstrating that gendered violence exists within many different contexts and is perpetuated by multiple actors.

Bringing together scholars, legal practitioners and human rights advocates, the book examines the intersections between gender, violence and the state in Asian contexts. It considers the role of state institutions in perpetuating and preventing violence based on gender and identity, and thus contributes to growing scholarship around due diligence standards under international law. Analyzing both physical and structural gender-based violence, it scrutinizes how such violence exists within a landscape shaped by distinct cultural norms, laws and policies, and grapples with how to practically translate international human rights standards about state responsibility into these complex domestic environments. Contributors from diverse backgrounds draw on case studies and empirical research to ground this academic scholarship in lived experiences of individuals and their communities in Asia.

By bridging the divide between policy, laws and practice to offer a unique insight into both theoretical and practical responses to how gender-based violence is understood within communities and state institutions in Asian countries, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Asian studies, Gender Studies and Law.

About the Author

Amy Barrow is Senior Lecturer at Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University, Sydney.

Joy L. Chia is a program officer with the East Asia Program at the Open Society Foundations.