'Violence all around us': Dilemmas of global and local agendas addressing violence against Palestinian women, an initial intervention

Cultural Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-131

  Johnson, Penny ^a,b  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b NONE   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Gender and conflict; Human rights; Palestine; Palestinian women; Violence against women

Indexed keywords

CRIME; GENDER RELATIONS; HUMAN RIGHTS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; REFUGEE; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINE;

EID: 51649129869     PISSN: 09213740     EISSN: 14617048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0921374008094284     Document Type: Article

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