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
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