Immediate needs: A collective analysis of the Violence Against Women Act of 1995

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Term papers   |   07/22/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Immediate needs: A collective analysis of the Violence Against Women Act of 1995. Issue definition; Affected population; Controversial ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Issue definition. Affected population. Controversial issues. Theoretical perspectives. Values and ideologies. Key stakeholders and their positions. Policy options. Provision, recipients and circumstances. Implementation and evaluation...»

Violence against Aboriginal women

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Term papers   |   03/05/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « Appendix. Bibliography. Violence against Aboriginal women Violence against women is a persistent and ongoing problem in Canada and around the world. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Aboriginal women in Canada.. Literature review.. Who Is Most at Risk for Intimate Partner Violence? A Canadian Population-Based Study.. The paper The Normative Protection of Women from Violence by Richard B. Felson.. The article The...»

Sex Discrimination against Women

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Presentation   |   05/29/2008   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : « The media never focuses on the fact that women s income lags far behind that of men, domestic violence against women is still frightenly common or that women ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The split within women. Discrimination: Relentless and widely tolerated. Promotions and hikes in pay for women. Sex discrimination in advertisments. Conclusion. Bibliography....»

Citizenship status, racism, gender and violence: Aboriginal women in Canada, international sex trade - finding the links and associations

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Term papers   |   04/29/2009   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : « (Razack: 88) The discussion of rights (and citizenship) and violence against women, can be framed through feminist discourses on the problematic nature of the ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The discussion on rights and violence against women. The way that citizenship laws are framed in Canada. That Native women experiencing higher levels of violence . Neo-colonialism or trans-national capital globalization . Forms of...»

Human rights and domestic violence

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Term papers   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : « believe that beginning in the 1990s, the international realm experienced a tremendous change in the way governments reacts to domestic violence against women. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Domestic violence.. Attention from the international and national community. . Recognizing domestic violence as a human rights violation.. Hazards in applying national law to domestic violence.. Constitutional law vs human rights...»

Domestic Violence

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Research papers   |   10/23/2007   |   .doc   |   2 pages
Document abstract : « According a report by Huang and Gunn, The National Violence against Women Prevention Center (NVAA) has reported that about 1.8 million to 4 million women in ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The study of domestic violence in immigrant families . The social organization of families . Why women continue to stay in such environments. Conclusion....»

Female infanticide and female feticide

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Presentation   |   05/03/2007   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : « Hegde, RS, 1999. Marking Bodies, Reproducing Violence: A Feminist Reading of Female Infanticide in South India. Violence Against Women, Vol. 5, 507-524. Kusum. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The past of female infanticide. Making women mothers and murderers. Reasons that lead to female infanticide. Validation for giving birth to sons. The controversy surrounding female feticide . Debate about banning SDT's. Feminist making...»

Changes and paradoxes in the American society

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Presentation   |   01/16/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « overturn its 1973 jurisprudence. Violence against women also came to be a growing concern from modern feminists. In the late 1960's ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Women.. The black experience and Truman.. The labour experience.. The politics of anti-communism.. McCarthy.. Conclusion.....»

A critical study: Sex workers

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Presentation   |   12/09/2008   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : « Violence against women and HIV/AIDS: Critical Interventions Information Bulletin Series, 3, 1-6. Banach, L. & Metzenrath, S. (2000). ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. A general misconception regarding why sex workers enter the industry. . Sex workers and violence.. The clientele.. The amount of alcohol consumed by the clientele.. The second group of people who pose a threat to sex workers.. Pimps...»

Sudan: A Sociological Study

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Case study   |   04/18/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « (War and Slavery in Sudan, p 1) 5) Women and development: The example of the violence against women in Darfur, an arid region in Sudan where there is an ethnic ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Research findings. Dependency theory. Religion and politics. Democracy and dictatorship. Ethnic-cultural divisions. Women and development. Agrarian reform and the politics of rural change. The political economy. Social ills, social problems, and...»

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