Religion and gender-based violence global and local responses to harmful practices / edited by Brenda Bartelink, Chia Longman and Tamsin Bradley.
| Other author | Bartelink, Brenda. |
| Other author | Longman, Chia. |
| Other author | Bradley, Tamsin. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge research in religion and development |
| Abstract | "This book takes religion as an entry point for a deeper exploration into why practices of gender-based violence continue, and what possible actions might help to contribute to their eradication. International donors are committed to reducing and ending gender-related harm, particularly violence against women, but clear answers as to why harmful practices persist are often slow to emerge. Theological research struggles to find strong links, yet religion is often referred to by local people as the reason for practices such as female cutting, male circumcision, early and forced marriage, nutritional taboos and birth practices, mandatory (un-)veiling, harmful spiritual practices, polygamy, gender unequal marital and inheritance rights and so-called honour crimes. This book presents empirical cases of religious, non-religious and secular actors, including local and international governmental and non-governmental agencies in the fields of development, health and equality policies. Tracing their different understandings of how religion is entangled with gender-based violence both contextually as well as historically, the book sheds light on helpful and unhelpful as well as erroneous and harmful understandings of such practices in local and global perspectives. Centralizing the perspectives of women themselves, this book will be an important read for development practitioners and policy makers, as well as for researchers across religious studies, gender studies, and global development"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Religion and gender-based violence Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 9781032158709 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022013746 |
| ISBN | 9781003246046 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |