Violence, law, and women's rights in South Asia /

Gooesekeere, Savitri

Violence, law, and women's rights in South Asia / Violence, law & women's rights in South Asia Savitri Goonesekere. - New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2004. - 352 p

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)

2003024430


Abused women--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Asia.

KNC982.W66 / V56 2004

342.540878 / GOO/V

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