Violence Against Women in Legally Plural settings: Experiences and Lessons from the Andes

by Anna Barrera

Book Overview

This book addresses a growing area of concern for scholars and development practitioners: discriminatory gender norms in legally plural settings. Focusing specifically on indigenous women, this book analyses how they, often in alliance with supporters and allies, have sought to improve their access to justice. Development practitioners working in the field of access to justice have tended to conceive indigenous legal systems as either inherently...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138092819
• ISBN13: 9781138092815
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"