Selected Books
Culture and Choice:
Lessons from Survivors of Gender Violence in Zimbabwe
Alice Armstrong
This book reports on a
three-year project of research and workshops on gender violence in Zimbabwe.
Lessons drawn from the experiences and attitudes of women who have survived
gender violence are used to explore new ways of thinking about gender violence,
strategies used to fight it, and programmes intended to help its victims.
1998. 149 pages
Female Genital Mutilation: A Call for Global Action
Nahid Toubia
This book provides a compelling overview of the global prevalence of
clitoridectomy and infibulation. It lays out the medical facts about, and
consequences of, female genital mutilation (FGM), discusses the cultural
significance of this practice in Africa, and suggests legal, religious, social,
and political steps to eradicate it. Personal narratives; photographs and
illustrations; statistics.
1995 (Second Edition). 48 pages
Female Genital Mutilation: An Overview
World Health Organization
This publication provides a good introduction to both the social importance
of the practice of female genital mutilation and the dangers it presents to the
health of the women and girls who undergo it. It covers the technical aspects,
provides research and background data and also outlines certain international
agreements and actions related to this practice.
1998. 73 pages
Safe and Secure, Eliminating Violence Against Women and Girls in Muslim
Societies
Mahnaz Afkhami, Greta Hofmann Nemiroff and Haleh Vaziri
This training manual is intended to assist women in Muslim societies to
identify sources of violence in the family, community, society and state;
communicate this information and understanding to others; and influence
governments. International human rights instruments protecting women's human
rights; list of relevant organizations; selected bibliography.
1999. 261 pages
The Taliban's War on Women: A Health and Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan
Physicians for Human Rights
This report reveals the experiences and opinions of Afghan women under the
Taliban with a health and human rights survey of 160 women from a wide age
range, diverse educational and occupational backgrounds, and all levels of
income, plus in-depth interviews of 40 women. It also examines relevant
international law and concludes with recommendations for action.
1998. 119 pgs
Unnatural Deaths of Women in Marriage: A Campaign Diary
Vimochana
Based on a study and campaign begun in 1997 by Vimochana, Bangalore, India,
this book, brings to light the deep-rooted socio-economic and political beliefs
that legitimise the increasing number of women being murdered for dowry or dying
under suspicious circumstances. It describes the campaign for accessible legal
systems that will make those involved in future cases of violence accountable.
Case studies.
1999. 48 pages
Violence Against Women
Caroline Sweetman (Ed.)
This collection looks at violence against women: in times of conflict and
peacetime; in the home and in public; as members of different ethnic groupings;
as children and as adults. The focus is on campaigning and advocacy as well as
on work with women who have experienced violence in countries including Russia,
Guinea-Bissau and India.
1998. 80 pages
Women Against Violence: Breaking the Silence
Ana Maria Brasileiro (Ed.)
The articles in this book, the fourth in the UNIFEM series reflecting on
Experience in Latin America and the Caribbean document the different types of
violence experienced in various cultures and contexts. With intimate detail they
show how and why violence occursóand the courageous steps women are taking to
end it.
1997. 116 pages
Women@Work Against Violence: Voices in Cyberspace
UNIFEM
This unique booklet brings together the contributions of more than 1,000
women and men who joined the <end-violence> on-line working group
organized by UNIFEM in the lead-up to their Global UN Interagency Video
Conference ìA World Free of Violence Against Women's (March 8, 1999). The
working group reported from around the world on a wide range of innovative
programmes that could change attitudes, end patterns of tolerated and hidden
violence, and successfully educate judges, police and policy makers to recognize
and respond appropriately to situations of gender-based violence.
1999. 62 pages
Many of
these publications can be ordered online at
www.womenink.org
(source for books: iwtc.org)