CONTENTS:- Part I: Family Violence; Part II: Culture and the legitimisation of violence; Part III: Health implications of violence against women; Part IV: Violence against women and the role of law; Part V: Women as commodities: Impact of globalisation and liberalisation on women.
DESCRIPTION
The book seeks to analyse the various forms of violence against women, to look into the socio-cultural and structural causes of such violence, the impact on women's as well as societal health, the legal interventions which have been made and which can be made.