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Books on: violence against women act

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Violence against Women in South Asia

Book by Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific; United Nations, 2000

Subjects:

Women--Crimes Against--Government Policy--South Asia--Congresses, Women--Crimes Against--Law And Legislation--South Asia--Congresses, Women--Crimes Against--Prevention--South Asia--Congresses, Women--Crimes Against--South Asia--Congresses

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...and Children Violence against Women in South Asia...Provision) Act (1995) had...throw- ing. Violence against Women in South Asia...application of the Act has been...help draft an act on domestic violence. Violence against Women in South Asia...
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Violence against Women in Medieval Texts

Book by Anna Roberts; University Press of Florida, 1998

Subjects:

Literature, Medieval--History And Criticism, Violence In Literature, Women In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

This volume brings together specialists from different areas of medieval literary study to focus on attitudes toward women during the Middle Ages. The essays range from Old English literature to the Spanish Inquisition and encompass such genres as romance, chronicles, hagiography, and legal ...
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This volume brings together specialists from different areas of medieval literary study to focus on attitudes toward women during the Middle Ages. The essays range from Old English literature to the Spanish Inquisition and encompass such genres as romance, chronicles, hagiography, and legal documents. In its use of well-known authors (Chaucer and Christine de Pizan) and lesser-known writers, this collection provides a rich and useful survey for researchers in women's studies and medieval literature.
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Apron Full of Gold: Violence against Women in Pakistan

Book by Robert Cleland Glass, Mary Jane Megquier; University of New Mexico Press, 1949

Subjects:

California--Gold Discoveries, Frontier And Pioneer Life--California, Megquier, Mary Jane--1813-1899--Correspondence, Pioneers--California--Correspondence, Voyages To The Pacific Coast, Women Pioneers--California--Correspondence

Collections: History, Entire Library

...wifes help and the high wages women were then receiving in San...John or Ange. Sam W. took one against Rollins. I wish they would...before leaving. You can tell and act accordingly. Love to all especially...you get the money to offset against a certain gold watch I ordered...
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Discrimination Against Women A Global Survey of the Economic, Educational, Social and Political Status of Women

Book by Eschel M. Rhoodie; McFarland & Company, Inc., 1989

Subjects:

Sex Discrimination Against Women, Sex Discrimination Against Women--Law And Legislation, Women's Rights

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...Women and Girls Act 1978 and the Cruelty to Women Deterrent Punishment...discrimination against women in some countries...Property Law Amendment Act of 1988 but also...labor union for women with the right...and persistently against women, and salary...
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Sexual Violence and the Law in Japan

Book by Catherine Burns; RoutledgeCurzon, 2005

Subjects:

Rape--Japan, Sex Crimes--Japan, Sex Discrimination Against Women--Law And Legislation--Japan, Sex Discrimination In Justice Administration--Japan, Women--Crimes Against--Japan, Women--Violence Against--Japan

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Catherine Burns provides a detailed examination of judicial decision-making in Japanese cases involving sexual violence. She describes the social factors that heavily influence attitudes towards sex crime & includes an analysis of specific case studies.

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Journal Articles on: violence against women act

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Shelter from the Storm: Using Jurisdictional Statutes to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence after the Violence against Women Act of 2000

Journal article by Deborah M. Goelman; Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, Vol. 13, 2004

Subjects:

Domestic violence--Laws, regulations and rules, Family violence--Laws, regulations and rules, Jurisdiction--Laws, regulations and rules, Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980, Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, Violence Against Women Act of 2000

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...Victims of Domestic Violence after the Violence against Women Act of 2000. by Deborah M. Goelman...credit laws, including provisions in the Violence Against Women Act (5) and the Violence Against Women Act of 2000, (6) have been drafted for...
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In Defense of the Civil Rights Remedy of the Violence against Women Act

Journal article by Johanna R. Shargel; Yale Law Journal, Vol. 106, 1997

Subjects:

Civil rights--Laws, regulations, etc., Federalism--Litigation, United States Constitution--U.S. Const. art. 1, s. 8, cl. 3, United States v. Lopez--115 S. Ct. 1624 (1995), Violence Against Women Act of 1994, Violent crimes--Remedies, Women--Crimes against

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...civil rights remedy of the Violence Against Women Act. by Johanna R. Shargel...1994, Congress passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA),(9) drafted in response...Commerce In 1994, when the Violence Against Women Act was passed, the Commerce...
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A Nineteenth Amendment Defense of the Violence against Women Act

Journal article by Sarah B. Lawsky; Yale Law Journal, Vol. 109, 2000

Subjects:

Civil rights--Protection, Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, United States Constitution--U.S. Const. amend. 19, Violence Against Women Act of 1994, Women--Crimes against

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...Amendment defense of the Violence Against Women Act. by Sarah B. Lawsky...facts, Congress passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in 1994.(8) The many...IV. THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT AS APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL...
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Human Rights Purposes of the Violence against Women Act and International Law's Enhancement of Congressional Power

Journal article by Jordan J. Paust; Houston Journal of International Law, Vol. 22, 2000

Subjects:

Human rights--Laws, regulations, etc., International law--Interpretation and construction, Legislative power--International aspects, Violence Against Women Act of 1994

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...Human rights purposes of the Violence Against Women Act and international laws enhancement...based power to enact the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).(2) Although some...Recognitions Part of the Violence Against Women Act contains provisions enabling...
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Violence against Women: The Health Sector Responds

Journal article by Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo; Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 40, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Violence Against Women: The Health Sector Responds (Book)--Book reviews

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...strangers (p. 4). The United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against women defined violence against women as: "... any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or psychological...

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Magazine Articles on: violence against women act

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Q: Does the Violence against Women Act Discriminate against Men?

Magazine article by Frank S. Zepezauer, Joseph R. Biden; Insight on the News, Vol. 12, May 27, 1996

Subjects:

Family violence--Laws, regulations, etc., Violence Against Women Act of 1994

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Q: does the Violence Against Women Act discriminate against men...downsizing, the 2-year-old Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA, promises to drain...and females alike. The Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA, the major federal...
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Violence against Women

Magazine article by Toni Nelson; World Watch, Vol. 9, July 1996

Subjects:

Women's rights--Crimes against, Women--Crimes against

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...Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women. Many activists consider this convention...Development Bank, to conduct research on violence and establish support services for...Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act," which outlaws the use of prenatal...
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Help for the Battered: Stopping Violence against Women

Magazine article by Carol J. Adams; The Christian Century, Vol. 111, June 29, 1994

Subjects:

Violence--Moral and ethical aspects, Women--Crimes against

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...incident of battering can be fatal. Many women have predicted their own murders. Phrases...begin to make an abuser accountable for his violence. We may feel uncomfortable making a man...that the abuser has committed a criminal act and should not be allowed to evade the...
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Illinois Proposes New Gender Violence Act

Magazine article; State Legislatures, Vol. 27, February 2001

Subjects:

Family violence--Laws, regulations, etc., Illinois--Social policy, Violence Against Women Act of 1994, Women--Crimes against

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...on Domestic Violence. With passage of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Congress for the first time adopted comprehensive...Madigan. Congress recently reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act for another five years. The new version expands...
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Aboriginal Violence against Women

Magazine article by Neena Bhandari; Contemporary Review, Vol. 283, December 2003

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...up womens shelters. They deal with many instances of violence against women and children themselves, through community elders, and...difficult for indigenous women to speak out--let alone act--although many brave women have done so, because of...

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Newspaper Articles on: violence against women act

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Aetas Join Fight to Stop Violence against Women; Native Women Participate in Subic Forum Marking Women's Day

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 21, 2007

Subjects:

Indigenous peoples--Laws, regulations and rules, Indigenous peoples--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Medical law--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Women--Laws, regulations and rules, Women--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...family health care and laws penalizing violence against women and violations of womens rights. Gabriela...awareness of the provisions of Republic Act No. 9262 (Anti-Violence against Women and Children Act of 2004) and related laws, clarifying...
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Violence against Women Shames All of Us; 20 FAMOUS SCOTS BACK CAMPAIGN TO HALT DOMESTIC ABUSE.

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), November 25, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...silence often surrounding the issue to be broken. The star, who also runs a charity, Spirit Aid, said: "Any act of violence against women is an act of cowardice that brings shame on us all. The time for violence is long over, the time for silence...
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Extremists 'Are Encouraging Violence against Muslim Women'

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 26, 2007

Subjects:

Muslims, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...spread of "honour" based violence against women in Britain, the countrys...overseas had been forced to act as suicide bombers after...clean up his familys act." Mr Afzal, who was...of Islam to support violence towards women was a grossly mistaken...
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Violence against the Constitution

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 7, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Congress could pass in 1994 the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to protect women against...of mankind. Its authority to act is limited by the Constitution...possession in school zones, violence against women and insomnia, one would be...
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Violence against the Young Will Do No Good

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), August 31, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...commit crimes. More violence against these young people will do no...speak out, where pregnant young women were forced into dangerous back-street abortions, where violence in the home was common, anti-gay...UN in 1993 that the US will act "multilaterally when possible...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: violence against women act

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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Economic Opportunity Act (1964) and bills...represented voter reaction against Senator Goldwaters...taking at that time against North Vietnam. Although...increased the power of women and minority groups...United Nations to act forcefully against Iraq or risk becoming...
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Labor Law

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...working conditions. An act of 1833 provided...protected in 1842, women in 1844. Although...represented a conspiracy against the public good...union leaders for violence or property damage...Labor Relations Act of 1935 (the Wagner Act) established the...
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Drug Addiction and Drug Abuse

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Prohibition), drug trafficking and the violence it engenders would disappear...recognized gradually. Legal measures against drug abuse in the United States...law was the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, which required accurate...In 1914 the Harrison Narcotic Act forbade sale of substantial...
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Pakistan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Independence Act, which went...an autumn of violence and slaughter...reserved for women, who had previously...corruption inquiry against Sharif. In...military action against Afghanistan...Afghanistan, violence and political...in fighting against government...two days of violence in May in which...
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Union, Labor

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...officials, extortions and the use of violence by certain segments of labor...Committee, the Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959 was enacted to correct...growing parts of the labor force (women, service industries, and college-educated...led to a resurgence of strikes against such major companies as Northwest...

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