Overcoming Violence against Women and Girls

Michael L. Penn is associate professor of psychology at Franklin & Marshall College and affiliate professor of psychology at Landegg International University, Switzerland. Rahel Nardos was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and is now a fourth year medical student at Yale University.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 IIntroduction The Globalization of the Effort to Eradicate Gender-Based ViolencePart 3 PART I GLOBAL PREVALENCE OF GENDER-BASEDINEQUALITY AND VIOLENCEChapter 4 1. Confronting Structural Violence against Women and Girls:The Principle and Practice of Gender EqualityChapter 5 2. Sexual Violence against Women and GirlsChapter 6 3. Physical AbusePart 7 PART II CULTURALLY SANCTIONED FORMS OF VIOLENCEChapter 8 4. Culture, Traditional Practices, and Gender-Based ViolencePart 9 PART III EFFORTS TO ERADICATE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCEChapter 10 Chapter 5: The Role Of EducationChapter 11 6 The Authenticity ProjectChapter 12 7 The Development of Emotional CompetenceChapter 13 8 The Role of Men in Eradicating Gender-Based ViolenceChapter 14 9 Why Have Hope? Some Final Reflections on the GlobalCampaign to Eradicate Gender-Based ViolenceChapter 15 Appendix A Declaration on the Elimination of Violenceagainst WomenChapter 16 Appendix B Convention on the Elimination of All Formsof Discrimination against WomenChapter 17 Appendix C Draft Convention against Sexual Exploitation(January 1994)Chapter 18 Appendix D Summary of the Global Platform for Actionand the Beijing DeclarationChapter 19 Appendix E Mission Statement for the Authenticity Project20 Notes21 Index

A compelling document illustrating the worldwide physical and mental abuses of women. Marrying the perspectives of thinkers, researchers, and practitioners, they offer statistics, stories, and cultural histories on their way toward issuing a call for action. Highly recommended.