Forsaken females: the global brutalization of women

Understanding the context of violence against women

Perspectives on violence against women: historical, methodological, and theoretical

The sociopolitical conditions that predispose women to violence

Violent practices

Femicide: infanticide and feticide

Female genital cutting: clitoridectomy, female circumcision, FGM, or rite of passage

Sexual violence

Sexual slavery

Trafficking in women

Intimate partner violence

Honor killing

Consequences an dpossibilities

The impact of violence against women

Working toward a world without violence against women.