Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

Despite decades of women's movement campaigning, legislative change and responses from states and International human rights bodies, gender-based violence, continues to be a resistant global challenge. In Gender-Based Violence in the Global South: Ideologies, Resistances, Responses, and Transformations, Biholar and Leslie examine this complex social and gendered phenomena drawing on a wide range of comparative and diverse analyses from the Global South, to produce a rich collection that is globally relevant, shedding new light on a persistent challenge.

Rhoda Reddock, Professor Emerita, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus

This collection from the Global South tackles the epidemic of gender-based violence, addressing structural constraints while crucially inviting us to connect specific and determined efforts to challenge the status quo. An urgent and necessary contribution.

Alissa Trotz, Professor, Caribbean Studies and Women and Gender Studies, University of Toronto

The authors are to be commended for their insightful examination of such an important global social issue. The book comprehensively interrogates gendered violence affecting women and men. It provides a roadmap for advocates, communities, and policymakers to effectively address gendered violence. This book is a must-read!

Aldrie Henry-Lee, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Graduate Studies & Research, The University of the West Indies and One UWI Gender Equity and Justice Coordinator

An invaluable resource for practitioners and professionals, providing a prism for exploring gendered violence across the particular contexts of the Global South. Its chapters analyse power, intersectionality, gendered notions of victim, survivor and perpetrator, masculinities, juvenile offenders, resistance, culture, faith, and institutional mechanisms, all of which constitute structures and systems that reproduce violence in the Global South.

Hilary Gbedemah, Former Chair, UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

Each of the selected works allows us to hear the voices of women from the Global South, their struggles, and learnings. A careful edition that presents both national and regional perspectives, as well as different strategies and sensitivities to confront the phenomenon of GBV.

Marcela Huaita, Follow-up Mechanism to the Belem do Para Convention (MESECVI/OAS Committee of Experts)