Gender and Violence in Haiti: Women’s Path from Victims to Agents
Brand: Rutgers University Press
Categories: Books, History, Americas



Dimensions: 6 x 0.43 x 9 inches
ISBN-13: 978-0813563145
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780813563145
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Print length: 188 pages
Publication date: April 22, 2014
subtitle: Paperback – April 22, 2014
author: Visit Amazon's Benedetta Faedi Duramy Page search results Benedetta Faedi Duramy
review: Editorial Reviews Review "Duramy details a culture of impunity that makes violence against women unlikely to be reported, let alone prosecuted. The book succeeds in its nuanced look at Haitian women's relationships to violence, and its main strength is the use of women's lived experiences to blur the categories of 'victim' and 'perpetrator'. Duramy's case study...will be useful to policymakers and international aid workers working on post-conflict reintegration programs and criminal justice reforms that see women as more than just 'dependants'." ― Times Higher Education "One of the greatest strengths of the book is Duramy's ability to contextualize and historicize the pandemic levels of violence against Haitian girls and women while not justifying it … In sum, Gender and Violence in Haiti is a very powerful and, due to the content, disturbing read ... I thank Professor Duramy for researching and writing about a topic as urgent and yet overlooked as this one." ― Gender & Society "In short, Prof. Duramy’s book is detailed, even-handed, and thoughtful. It upends assumptions that impede deeper understanding of the complicated issues that Haitian women living in poverty face. The book offers readers a nuanced view of an extraordinarily complex situation and presents a range of carefully crafted solutions that one can only hope will inform policy makers in Haiti and beyond. " ― Human Rights Quarterly "Uses rich qualitative data to raise awareness of the extent to which gender-based violence has entrenched itself deeply into the fabric of Haitian society." ― Human Rights Review "A concise, alarming, and much-needed contribution that will benefit academics working on Haiti and women’s rights, specialists of human rights, and practitioners of humanitarianism." ― E-Misférica About the Author BENEDETTA FAEDI DURAMY is an associate professor of law at Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco. She has received numerous awards for her research on gender-based violence and has authored several book chapters and articles on human rights, gender issues and children’s rights.