Violence, law, and women's rights in South Asia /
Violence, law, and women's rights in South Asia /
Violence, law & women's rights in South Asia
edited by Savitri Goonesekere.
- New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2004.
- 352 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-339) and index.
Overview : reflections on violence against women and the legal systems of some South Asian countries / Savitri Goonesekere -- Violence against women and the Indian law / Kirti Singh -- Violence against women : the legal systems and institutional responses in Pakistan / Hina Gilani and Emam M. Ahmed -- Sri Lanka : the law's response to women victims of violence / Shyamala Gomez and Mario Gomez.
0761997962 (cloth) 0761997970 (pbk.) 8178292734 (India : hb) 8178292742 (Ihdia : pb)
Women--Crimes against--South Asia.
Abused women--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Asia.
342.540878 / VIO
Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-339) and index.
Overview : reflections on violence against women and the legal systems of some South Asian countries / Savitri Goonesekere -- Violence against women and the Indian law / Kirti Singh -- Violence against women : the legal systems and institutional responses in Pakistan / Hina Gilani and Emam M. Ahmed -- Sri Lanka : the law's response to women victims of violence / Shyamala Gomez and Mario Gomez.
0761997962 (cloth) 0761997970 (pbk.) 8178292734 (India : hb) 8178292742 (Ihdia : pb)
Women--Crimes against--South Asia.
Abused women--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Asia.
342.540878 / VIO