Articles

Introduction: Violence Against Women 11/05/03
In the last fifteen years, the engagement of human rights activists in the problem of violence against women has increased exponentially. Why and how this change has occurred has major implications for the women’s and human rights movements.

Rights for All in the New South Africa 11/05/03
In an interview with Dialogue, Harper discusses how violence against women in South Africa has been justified under the banners of culture, religion, and the resistance movement—and how he is working to change that.
Author(s): Christopher Harper

Domestic Violence and HIV Infection in Uganda 11/05/03
According to Lisa W. Karanja, women’s activists have documented the linkage between domestic violence and women’s vulnerability to HIV/AIDS—and they hold the Ugandan government responsible.
Author(s): Lisa W. Karanja

Battered Mothers vs. U.S. Family Courts 11/05/03
Carrie Cuthbert and her colleagues write that battered mothers facing a family court system that lacks accountability have found hope in the human rights framework. The hard part is getting the courts themselves to change.
Author(s): Carrie Cuthbert, Kim Y. Slote, Jay G. Silverman, Monica Ghosh Driggers, Lundy Bancroft, Cynthia J. Mesh

Expanding the Definition of Torture 11/05/03
It is high time, Carin Benninger-Budel and Lucinda O’Hanlon argue, for the UN Committee against Torture to address violence against women in its work.
Author(s): Carin Benninger-Budel, Lucinda O’Hanlon

How the Seed Was Planted 11/05/03
Alda Facio explains how women in Latin America put the issue of violence against women on the map.
Author(s): Alda Facio

Combating FGM in Kenya's Refugee Camps 11/05/03
In her fight against female genital mutilation among refugees, June Munala finds that securing the involvement of everyone in the camp community is essential.
Author(s): June Munala

Law: A Powerful Force 11/05/03
Response to June Munala.
Author(s): Anne Gathumbi-Masheti

Rape and Gender Violence: From Impunity to Accountability in International Law 11/05/03
Thanks to the dedication of women’s rights activists, Rhonda Copelon writes, the new International Criminal Court recognizes rape as a war crime.
Author(s): Rhonda Copelon

Working within Nigeria's Sharia Courts 11/05/03
In the face of Nigeria’s expansion of religious laws, as Ayesha Imam explains in an interview with Dialogue, it is important to work within the court system to strengthen respect for women’s rights.
Author(s): Ayesha Imam

Small Victories, but the War Rages On 11/05/03
Uché U. Ewelukwa responds to Ayesha Imam.
Author(s): Uché U. Ewelukwa

Working within Sharia Takes You Only So Far 11/05/03
Albaqir A. Mukhtar responds to Ayesha Imam.
Author(s): Albaqir A. Mukhtar

Impunity and Women's Rights in Ciudad Juárez 11/05/03
Lydia Alpízar explains how women’s organizations are responding to the systematic killings of women in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
Author(s): Lydia Alpízar

From Ciudad Juárez to the World 11/05/03
Charlotte Bunch responds to Lydia Alpízar.
Author(s): Charlotte Bunch

In the Name of Honor 11/05/03
Women’s rights advocates in Turkey, Leylâ Pervizat writes, are combating the pervasive belief that so-called honor killings do not rise to the level of human rights abuses.
Author(s): Leylâ Pervizat

A Struggle on Two Fronts 11/05/03
Zehra F. Arat responds to Leylâ Pervizat.
Author(s): Zehra F. Arat

Refusing to Go Away: Strategies of the Women's Rights Movement 11/05/03
LaShawn R. Jefferson describes how the women’s rights movement put violence against women on the international human rights agenda.
Author(s): LaShawn R. Jefferson

Readers Respond: Making Human Rights Work in a Globalizing World 11/06/03