Countering violence against women in Iraqi Kurdistan: state-building and transnational advocacy
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 46, Heft 2, S. 351-372
ISSN: 0020-7438
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In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 46, Heft 2, S. 351-372
ISSN: 0020-7438
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In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 46, Heft 2, S. 351-372
ISSN: 1471-6380
AbstractThe struggle against gender-based violence in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region has witnessed some significant achievements since the late 1990s. A subject long excluded from public discourse in the region, it has now moved increasingly into the mainstream, compelling the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to take legal and practical measures against such practices as honor killings, female genital mutilation, and domestic violence. This article traces the sources of these shifts in the KRG's stance, looking especially at the role of transnational women's rights networks in the region. It highlights these networks' successful strategy of binding their cause to the KRG's endeavor to legitimize and consolidate its contested sovereignty over the Kurdistan Region. In doing so, the paper addresses an underexplored subject in the literature on women's rights campaigns in the Kurdistan Region and contributes to the study of transnational advocacy as a source of normative change.
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