WRRC Bibliography: International

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This book is a report on the prevalence of female circumcision and female genital mutilation (FC/FGM) and on the use of law and policy to address these practices. This work places FC/FGM firmly within a human rights and legal framework, although it does recognise and address the challenges...

This book opens with a description of female circumcision/female genital mutilation, its history and its health consequences. The authors look at the reasons used to justify controlling women's sexuality, tradition, interpretation of religious dictates and present a history of the movement...

This is a resource for those concerned with health, development, social change and women’s human rights. It gives health professionals, teachers and social workers positive and practical ways to abolish FGM. 

This book gives a detailed understanding of FGM in the context of Islam; its misinterpretations, arguments and clarifications with reference to the Quran and demystifying unauthentic hadith.

This collection of articles on gender-based violence (GBV) is aimed at development and humanitarian practitioners, policy makers, and academics. This book brings together some of the most interesting and innovative work being done to tackle GBV in various sectors, world regions, and socio-...

C’est est une revue électronique de langue française, à comité de lecture, pluridisciplinaire et internationale, entièrement dédiée aux recherches sur la sexualité et sur le genre. La revue paraît deux fois par an. Consacrée, sans exclusive, aux problématiques du genre et de la sexualité, elle se...
Global Voices Online est une organisation à but non-lucratif de blogueurs du monde entier fondée au Berkman Center for Internet and Society de la faculté de droit de Harvard. Le Berkman Center for Internet and Society est un think tank (groupe de recherche) qui étudie l'impact d'Internet sur nos...

This study sets out to explore honour killings in the context of human rights, as a violation of international human rights law meriting the accountability of states. The study aims at providing an analysis of honour killings as a violation of human rights law, identifying the human rights...

HREA est une organisation non-gouvernementale internationale dédiée à l'éducation aux droits humains, à la formation de militants et de professionnels, au développement de matériel et de programmes d'enseignement ainsi qu'à la mise en place d'une communauté virtuelle grâce aux technologies...

This study aims to highlight the persistence and unacceptability of all forms of violence against women in all parts of the world;strengthen the political commitment and joint efforts of all stakeholders to prevent and eliminate violence against women; and identify ways and means to ensure more...