This book provides a thorough introduction to gender based violence which affects almost every society in the world. It explores and discusses the wide variety of forms that gender based violence can take and the impact that this violence can have on the capacity of victims to support themselves and enjoy their full rights. It extensively covers many forms of gender violence including domestic violence rape murder sexual assault and dowry murders etc.
The book will be of enormous value to students of gender studies sociology and other allied courses as it offers a highly readable and concise overview of what constitutes gender violence its social context and important directions in intervention and reform. It will provide a lucid picture of the state of women and a valid view for the use of sociologists researchers economists policy makers and social scientists.
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