1st Edition
Violence Against Women in Legally Plural settings Experiences and Lessons from the Andes
By Anna Barrera
Copyright 2016
302 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
302 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
302 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book addresses a growing area of concern for scholars and development practitioners: discriminatory gender norms in legally plural settings. Focusing specifically on indigenous women, this book analyses how they, often in alliance with supporters and allies, have sought to improve their access to justice. Development practitioners working in the field of access to justice have tended to... Read more
1. Introduction: Indigenous women's hindered access to legally plural settings 2. Theoretical framework for processes of legal and institutional change 3. "Many women hadn't even thought about what it means to be a woman": La Calera and La Riconda, Ecuador 4. "As if I was sleeping, and then I woke up!": Chacabamba and Tungasuca, Peru 5. "Sometimes we as women undervalue ourselves": Mojocoya and Tarabuco, Bolivia 6. Comparative analysis of case studies 7. Conclusions and Implications
Biography
Anna Barrera Vivero is Programme Manager in Research and New Developments at the EU-LAC Foundation, Hamburg, Germany.
