Intimate partner violence (IPV) profoundly damages physical, sexual, reproductive, and
psychological health, as well as social well-being of individuals and families. We sought in …

When and why do governments promote women's rights? Through comparative analysis of
state action in seventy countries from 1975 to 2005, this book shows how different women's …

This article asks whether the concept of 'hybridity'offers a more convincing account of
security governance in Africa than the standard state-focused models. It seeks to clarify the …

How gender and sexuality can be life threatening Though violence against women has
received increasing attention from scholars and the general public alike, much of the …

The objective of Arab Criminology is to establish a criminological subfield called 'Arab
Criminology.'The ever-evolving field of criminology has advanced in the past decade, yet …

Development researchers, governance specialists, security and international relations
analysts are cartographers of the modern world. Their job is to untangle the tangled, yet in …

Abstract The Palestinian Family Protection Law was submitted for ratification in November
2020 after much collaboration between advocates, attorneys and governmental officials, as …

This working paper undertakes an initial survey of the dynamics through which the
criminalization of female sexuality structures women's access to protection against rape in …

Sudanese women activists launched a legal campaign in 2009 calling attention to how the
country's Sharia-based Criminal Act of 1991 produced impunity for sexual assault in the …

Contemporary popular discourses about Islam, shari'a and Islamic law in the West is often
filled with the issues of terrorism, anti-democracy, human rights violation and women's minor …