About the Editor; Acknowledgements; About the Contributors; Introduction; 1 Researching Stories; 2 Somali Memories of Female Genital Mutilation; 3 Tales of Somali Marriage in the UK; 4 Domestic Violence in Zimbabwe and the UK Diaspora; 5 Narratives of Divorce amongst Bangladeshi Women Living in England; 6 Transnational Accounts of Dowry and Caste: Hindu Women Tell Their Stories; 7 The Big Taboo: Stories of Premarital Relationships; 8 'I Wish I'd Taken Her With Me': The Lives of Black and Minority Ethnic Women Facing Gender-Based Violence; Conclusion; References; Index; About Zed Books.
Social norms, positive deviancy and cultural capital --Measuring attitudes around harmful cultural practices : the continuum approach --The intersections of gender, religion, culture, sexuality and violence --Women, work and violence in Nepal : experiences from the construction sector --Applying the intersectional lens : the experiences of professional middle-class women in Nepal and Pakistan --The experiences of home-based workers in Pakistan --The global drive to end female genital mutilation : is an end in sight? --Violence against women and girls in conflict settings --Embedding a violence against women lens in development.
Development Agencies are recognising the importance of anthropology in the critical evaluation of grass roots NGOs and development practice in general. Here anthropology, development and religion are uniquely combined in a manner that has practical significance for how NGOs carry out their work. Tamsin Bradley examines the interfaces between religion, gender, anthropology and social development and focuses on the operation of grass roots Non-Governmental Organisations. She argues that these agencies need to adopt a new methodology if they are to increase efficiency. This is made clear in a ser
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This article compares and contrasts three groups of faith–based development organizations (FBDOs). The first group consists of community–based FBDOs. The second are intermediaries acting as a bridge between larger donors and community organizations. Last, there are missionary organizations that work with local communities but see development primarily as religious conversion. This comparison allows clarification over what constitutes an FBDO and also highlights the variety of ways in which faith intersects with development in the work of different FBDOs. The use of two analytical frames assessing the faith of organizations along a continuum and then measuring the position of FBDOs within an aid chain, emphasizes the need to acknowledge the diversity of factors that both limit and contribute to the success of an FBDO.
India's endemic gender-based violence has received increased international scrutiny and provoked waves of domestic protest and activism. In recent years, related studies on India and South Asia have proliferated but their analyses often fail to identify why violence flourishes. Unwilling to simply accept patriarchy as the answer, Tamsin Bradley presents new research examining how different groups in India conceptualise violence against women, revealing beliefs around religion, caste and gender that render aggression socially acceptable. She also analyses the role that neoliberalism, and its corollary consumerism, play in reducing women to commodity objects for barter or exchange. Unpacking varied conservative, liberal and neoliberal ideologies active in India today, Bradley argues that they can converge unexpectedly to normalise violence against women. Due to these complex and overlapping factors, rates of violence against women in India have actually increased despite decades of feminist campaigning. This book will be crucial to those studying Indian gender politics and violence, but also presents new data and methodologies which have practical implications for researchers and policymakers worldwide.
Introduction1 Theorising violence against women and girls2 VAWG mainstreaming -- a framework for action3 Women, internal displacement, and violence in Nepal and Myanmar4 Focus on VAWG in humanitarian emergencies: the scale of the problem and responses5 VAWG prevention and response in humanitarian emergencies: an overview of current approaches and gaps in knowledge6 VAWG and conflict: focus on women, peace, and security7 The rule of law, women's rights, and VAWG prevention and response8 How to mainstream VAWG across sectors: two examples from modern slavery and sustainable energy programming9 Funding for VAWG prevention and response: gaps and opportunitiesConclusion: the Covid-19 pandemic and implications for VAWG prevention and response and gender equality
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This volume explores a variety of 'harmful cultural practices': a term increasingly employed by organizations working within a human rights framework to refer to certain discriminatory practices against women in the global South. Drawing on recent work by feminists across the social sciences, as well as activists from around the world, this volume discusses and presents research on practices such as veiling, forced marriage, honour related and dowry violence, female genital 'mutilation', lip plates and sex segregation in public space. With attention to the analytic utility of the notion of h.
