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

by Aletta Biersack, Margaret Jolly, Martha MacIntyre

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1760460702
• ISBN13: 9781760460709
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Anu Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.2"