Gendered violence

Cover of "Seeking Justice for Gendered Violence".

Seeking Justice for Gendered Violence: Courts, Communities, and Care in Guatemala

From the publisher: “Guatemala is one of the first countries in Latin America to codify femicide as a crime and establish separate, victim-centric institutions of justice specializing in Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), including specialized courts and public prosecutors. Despite these pathbreaking legal reforms, Indigenous women in Guatemala face formidable barriers to seeking justice and escaping the multiple, overlapping forms of violence that they confront.

Author
Erin Beck
Lynn Stephen
Publication
2026
Gender Violence and Human Rights: Seeking Justice in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu Book Cover

Gender Violence and Human Rights: Seeking Justice in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu

This project was funded in part by a CSWS grant.
"The postcolonial states of Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu operate today in a global arena in which human rights are widely accepted. As ratifiers of UN treaties such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, these Pacific Island countries have committed to promoting women’s and girls’ rights, including the right to a life free of violence. Yet local, national and regional gender values are not always consistent with the principles of gender equality and women’s rights that undergird these globalising conventions."
Author
Aletta Biersack
Publication
2016
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