RT Book
T1 Global norms and local action: the campaigns to end violence against women in Africa
T2 Oxford studies in gender and international relations
A1 Medie, Peace A.
LA English
PP New York
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/168934556X
AB When and why do states implement international women's rights norms? Global Norms and Local Action is an examination of states' responses to violence against women (VAW) in Africa and their implementation of the international women's justice norm. Despite the presence of laws on various forms of VAW in most African countries, most victims face barriers to accessing justice through the criminal justice system. This problem is particularly acute in post-conflict countries. International organizations such as the United Nations, and women's rights advocates have, therefore, promoted the international women's justice norm, which emphasizes the establishment of specialized mechanisms within the criminal justice sector to address VAW. With a focus on the response of the police to rape and intimate partner violence in post-conflict Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia, this book theorizes the United Nations' and women's movements' influence on the implementation of the international women's justice norm. It draws on over 300 interviews in both countries to demonstrate that strong international and domestic pressures, combined with favourable political and institutional conditions, are key to the rapid establishment of specialized mechanisms within the police force and to how police officers respond to rape and intimate partner violence cases. It argues that despite significant weaknesses, specialized mechanisms have improved women's access to justice. The book concludes with suggestions for how domestic and international human rights organizations, policymakers, and women's rights advocates can contribute to a holistic approach to addressing VAW.
NO Literaturverzeichnis Seite [209]-225, Register
CN HV6250.4.W65
SN 9780190922962
K1 Women : Violence against : Africa
K1 Women : Crimes against : Africa
K1 Women's Rights : Africa
K1 Discrimination in criminal justice administration : Africa
K1 Gewalt
K1 Frau
K1 Sexualverhalten
K1 Internationale Norm
K1 Gruppe
K1 Rechtsstellung
K1 Internationales Recht
K1 Rechtsanwendung
K1 Implementation
K1 Kampagne
K1 Lokalisation
K1 Liberia
K1 Elfenbeinküste