Description: Transforming Discriminatory Sex Roles and Gender Stereotyping : The Implementation of Article 5(a) CEDAW for the Realisation of Women's Right to Be Free from Gender-Based Violence in Jamaica, Paperback by Biholar, Ramona, ISBN 1780681674, ISBN-13 9781780681672, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The goal of the international agenda Article 5(a) CEDAW is to reduce gender-based violence against women. Author Biholar (Institute for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies) presents a model for implementing Article 5(a) CEDAW in Jamaica, confronting the problem of how to transform societal and cultural norms surrounding sex roles, gender stereotypes, and violence against women in JA. Early chapters explain the conceptual framework of the rights and obligations under Article 5(a) CEDAW and paradigms for understanding issues related to putting it into practice. After a chapter of background on gender constructions and gender-based violence against women in JA, the author presents original empirical research findings with implications for practice. Th highlights the voices of those interviewed, including women served, community advocates, and those in government, NGOs, helping agencies, and civil society. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2014 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Transforming Discriminatory Sex Roles and Gender Stereotyping : T
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Name: Transforming Discriminatory Sex Roles and Gender Stereotyping : The Implementation of Article 5(a) CEDAW for the Realisation of Women's Right to Be Free from Gender-Based Violence in Jamaica
Language: English
Publisher: Intersentia Uitgevers N.V.
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Gender Studies, General, World / Caribbean & Latin American, Violence in Society
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20.5 Oz
Subject Area: Law, Political Science, Social Science
Item Length: 9.4 in
Author: Ramona Biholar
Series: Human Rights Research Ser.
Item Width: 6.7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
