Seeking Justice for Gendered Violence

Erin Beck is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Oregon.Lynn Stephen is Philip H. Knight Chair and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oregon.

• List of Abbreviations xiIntroduction. From Courts to Communities 1Part I. Studying and Contextualizing Violence Against Women and Girls in Guatemala1. Collaborations: Relationships, Processes, and Methods 292. Gendered Embodied Structures of Violence in Guatemala 59Part II. Advances and Limitations of VAWG Laws and Specialized Institutions3. Pushing for Legal and Institutional Reforms to Address VAWG: Advances and Limitations 834. Roadblocks on the Path to Justice: From Local Communities to Specialized Courts 1135. A Day in Court: Intersecting Inequalities and the Lived Experience of Specialized Justice 143Part III. Community-Based Perspectives on VAWG and Violence Protection (with Ana MarÍa Basilio JuÁrez, Pedro Maldonado, Argelia Yolanda Poz MejÍa, Magdalena OrdÓÑez, Odilia JimÉnez, Diana Rosales, and Carmelina Sam)6. Women Surviving and Confronting Violence: Obstacles and Strategies 1837. "We Never Talk About This": Masculinity, Gender Norms, and VAWG Through Men's Eyes 211Conclusion. Community Care and Accountability and Increasing Access to Formal Justice 247Acknowledgments 267Appendix. Demographics and Characteristics of Research Sites 275Notes 279References 287Index 291

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