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Reproductive Violence in Ruth Ozeki’s My Year of Meats and Gaspar de Alba’s Desert Blood
European Journal of American StudiesThis paper examines the intersection of environmental injustice and reproductive violence, extending its scope to include nonhuman animals, through the literary analysis of Ruth Ozeki’s My Year of Meats (1998) and Alicia Gaspar de Alba’s Desert Blood ...
Denisa Krásná
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Crime, Gender and Policing: The Role of Women Officers in Addressing Gender‐Based Violence in India
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines whether an increased presence of women in Indian police forces results in enhanced justice for victims of gender‐based crimes and improves the overall effectiveness and responsiveness of the police. It employs focus group discussions and qualitative system dynamics modelling to examine the dynamics of women in law ...
Kandaswamy Paramasivan +3 more
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FEMINISTS VERSUS MONUMENTS? From Protests to Anti‐monuments in Mexico City
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the role of heritage spaces and monuments in the Historic Centre of Mexico City during ongoing feminist mobilizations. Feminists have claimed that the Mexican government is more concerned about protecting monuments and urban heritage than acting to prevent gender‐based violence and femicide.
Fernando Gutiérrez
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How Has NAFTA Affected the Business Relationship Between the United States and Mexico? [PDF]
, 2018 This paper researches the effects NAFTA has had on the relationship between Mexico and the United States. It positions the question of why Mexico chose to enter the agreement within a larger historical context, debating the economic and social effects on
Molinaro, Julia
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Feminicidio físico y económico de la mujer hispanoamericana
Amerika, 2012 This work explores the notion of capitalist economic exploitation and the sexual violence on which the system of patriarchal domination rests. It takes as an example the Latin American situation, and argues that sexual violence and the femicides have ...
Nuria Morgado
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Better Prevention of Femicide: Evidence from Brazil
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2021 This article presents the results of a death review study of 34 cases of femicide in the Federal District, Brazil, between 2016 and 2017. The aim of the study is to analyse how primary, secondary and tertiary prevention policies could have enhanced the ...
Thiago Pierobom de Ávila +5 more
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De Stupro: First Insights on Rape and Its Prosecution in Maltese Courts (1701–10)
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article constitutes a first in‐depth investigation of rape and the prosecution of this crime in early eighteenth‐century Malta. The research, which is based on sixteen rape accusations claimed at the secular courts in Malta between 1701 and 1710, has analysed cases categorized as ‘simple rape’, ‘violent rape’ and rape committed under the ...
Vanessa Buhagiar
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Newspaper Headlines and Intimate Partner Femicide in Portugal
Social SciencesThe media’s representation of intimate partner femicides has been contributing to addressing gender-based violence as a structural phenomenon. Aiming to understand which crime elements are valued and how they might contribute to victim blaming, the ...
Ariana Correia, Sofia Neves
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Family Relations, EarlyView.Abstract Objective This study examines the contribution of income, familial and social support, sense of community, and societal conditional regard to the well‐being and self‐efficacy of women experiencing intimate partner abuse (IPA) in Israel. Background The prevalence of IPA is a recognized global public health threat. While most research focuses on
Tamar Ginati, Yael Itzhaki‐Braun
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, 2018 Honduras is located in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean) between El Salvador and Nicaragua. It is 43,278 square miles (112,090 sq.
Cunningham, Lisa
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