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Crouch, Margaret A. 2001. Thinking about Sexual Harassment: A Guide for Perplexed. New York: Oxford University Press.

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Dasgupta, Shamita Das. 1998. "Women's Realities: Defining Violence Against Women by Immigration, Race, and Class." Bergen, Raquel Kennedy ed. Issues in Intimate Violence. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Denike, Margaret. 2000. "Sexual violence and 'fundamental justice': On the failure of equality reforms to criminal proceedings." In Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme. 20(3): 151-159.

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Eliasson, Mona. 1999. "Facts are not enough: Education as a tool for change in Sweden." In Women's Studies Quarterly XXVII (1&2): 117-125.

Elliot, Loralee. 1992. "Taking it day by day." In Women's Education des Femmes. 9(4): 22-23.

Elliott, Anne, Wanita Koczka, Pip Van Nispen, Patricia Williams. 1992. "Women, violence and education: The painful reality." In Women's Education des Femmes 9(4): 2.

Farr, Vanessa. 2000. "Pain of violence is a powerful silencer: African women writing about conflict." In Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme 19(4): 102 -108.

Fédération nationale des femmes canadiennes-françaises. 1992-1993. "Violence faite aux femmes." In Women's Education des Femmes 10(1): 13-15.

Ferguson-Hood, Sharon. 1992. "Between Silence and Silence." In Women's Education des Femmes 9(4): 10-11.

Fine, Michelle and Lois Weis. 2000. "Disappearing acts: The state and violence against women in the twentieth century." In Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 25(4): 1139-1146.

Flynn, Clifton P. 2000. "Woman's Best Friend: Pet Abuse and the role of the Companion Animals in the Lives of Battered Women." Violence Against Women 6(2): 162-177.

Franklin, Ursula. 1991. "Commemoration of the Montreal Massacre victims." In Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme 11(4): 9.

George, Glynis. 2000. "Violence and poverty on the 'rock': Can feminists make a difference?" In Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme 20(3): 181-185.

Gogia, Nupur. 1992-1993. "Beyond the 'culturally sensitive': Violence prevention by education wife assault." In Women's Education des Femmes 10(1): 22-24.

Gupta, Jayoti. 1990. "Class Relations, Family Structure and Bondage of Women." Dube, Leela and Rajni Palriwala eds. Structures and Strategies, Women Work and Family. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Hass, Gisele Aguilar, Mary Ann Dutton and Leslye E. Orloff. 2000. "Life time prevalence of violence against Latina immigrants: Legal and policy implications." In International Review of Victimology 9(1/2/3): 93-113.

Hébert, Monique. 1995. "Notre passé plein de richesses actuelles: La reconnaissance des acquis pour les femmes." In Women's Education des Femmes 11(4): 30-34.

Hirschmann, David. 1998. "Civil society in South Africa: Learning from gender themes." In World Development 26(2): 227-238.

Horsman, Jenny. 1998. "Literacy learning for survivors of trauma: Acting 'normal'." In Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme 17(4): 62-67.

__________. 1999. Too Scared to Learn: Women, Violence and Education. Toronto: McGilligan Books.

Jensen, Vickie. 2001. Why Women Kill: Homicide and Gender Equality. Boulder, CO: Lynn Rienner Publishers.

Karlekar, Malavika. 1995. "The girl child in India: Does she have any rights?" In Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme 15(2 & 3): 55-57.

Kurdish Human Rights Project. 2003. "Turkey's Shame: Sexual Violence Without Redress - The Plight of Kurdish Women." Trial Observation Report.

Kurz, Demie. 1998. "Old Problems and New Directions in the Study of Violence Against Women." Bergen, Raquel Kennedy ed. Issues in Intimate Violence. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Kuumba, M. Bahati. 2001. Gender and Social Movements. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira.

Koczka, Wanita J. 1992-1993. "Presentation to the Canadian panel on power and control against women." In Women's Education des Femmes 10(1): 27-28.

Kohli, Rita. 1991. "Violence against women: Race, class and gender issues." In Canadian Woman Studies/ Les Cahiers de la Femme 11(4): 13-14.

Koss, Mary P., Lisa A. Goodman, Angela Browne, Louise F. Fitzerald, Gwendolyn Puryear Keita, and Nancy Felipe Russo. 1994. No Safe Haven: Male Violence Against Women at Home, at Work, and in the Community. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Krisch, Joan and Arlene Wells. 1992-1993. "BRIDGES: An employability program for abused women." In Women's Education des Femmes 10(1): 25-26.

Lakeman, Lee. 2000. "Why 'law and order' cannot end violence against women; and why the development of women's (social, economic and political and civil) rights might." In Canadian Woman Studies /Les Cahiers de la Femme 20(3): 24-33.

Larkin, June. 1994. "Learning in a toxic environment." In Women's Education des Femmes 11(1): 16-20.

Lawler, Jennifer. 2001. Encyclopedia of Women in the Middle Ages. Jefferson, NJ: McFarland & Company.

LeGates, Marlene. 2001. In Their Time: A History of Feminism in Western Society. New York: Routledge.

Lenkiewicz, Noemi Ehrenfeld. 1998. "Women's control over their bodies." Women in the Third World: An Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Issues. (eds.) Nelly P. Stromquist and Karen Monkman. New York: Garland Publishing Inc.

Lentin, Ronit. 2000. "Expected to live: Women Shoah survivors' testimonials of silence." In Women's Studies International Forum 23(6): 689-700.

Lim, Shirley Geok-lin and Maria Herrera-Sobek. eds. 2000 Power, Race and Gender in the Academe: Strangers in the Tower? New York: Modern Language Association.

Lott, Bernice. 1987, 1994. Women's Lives: Themes and Variations in Gender Learning, 2nd Edition. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.

Luke, Carmen. 2001. Globalization and Women in Academia: North/West-South/East. Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates.

Luttrell, Wendy. 1997. Schoolsmart and Motherwise: Working Class Women's Identity and Schooling. New York: Routledge.

MacNabb, Elizabeth L. et al. eds. 2001. Transforming the Disciplines: A Women's Studies Primer. New York: Haworth Press.

Madden, Margaret E. and Thomas J. Sokol. 1997. "Teaching women self-defence: Pedagogical issues." In Feminist Teacher 11(2): 133-151.

Maharaj, Amritha Sobrun, Warwick Tie, and Ken Ryba. 2000. "Deconstructing bullying in Aotearoa /New Zealand: Disclosing its liberal and colonial connections." In New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. 35(1): 9-23.

Mantilla, Karla. 2001. "Windows to freedom: Radical feminism at a jail library." In Off Our Backs. 31(2).

Marie, Gillian. 1998. "'I never understood what was so wrong with me': The influence of girls' childhood experiences on learning and education." In New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies 33(2): 193-209.

May, Susan May. 1996. "Hardships, harsh realities and hope." In Women's Education des Femmes 12(3): 33-37.

McClung, Morgan. 1992. "Writing about violence." In Women's Education des Femmes 9(4): 5.

McLusky, Laura J. 2001. 'Here, Our Culture is Hard': Stories of Domestic Violence From a Mayan Community in Belize. Austin: University of Texas Press.

Meintjes, Sheila. 1999. "The aftermath: A conference on women in post-war reconstruction & transformation." In Lola Press 60.

Miller, Karen-Lee and Janice Du Mont. 2000. "Countless abused women: Homeless and inadequately housed." In Canadian Woman Studies 20(3): 115-122.

Mitchell, Allyson and et al. eds. 2001. Turbo Chicks: Talking Young Feminisms. Toronto: Sumach.

Moglen, Helene. 2001. The Trauma of Gender: A Feminist Theory of the English Novel. Berkley: University of California Press.

Mohr, Wanda K., John W. Fantuzzo, and Saburah Abdul-Kabir. 2001. "Safeguarding themselves and their children: Mothers share their strategies." In Journal of Family Violence 16(1): 75-92.

Monteah, Sandra. 1994. "I had a little trouble on the way to a Ph.D." In Women's Education des Femmes 11(1): 5-8.

Morgan, Mandy. 1999. "Touches of the institution: An informal curriculum of teaching about violence toward women." In Women's Studies Quarterly XXVII (1&2): 185-196.

Mulligan, Suzanna and Dr. Donna Mitchell. 1992-1993. "Family violence prevention and curriculum development." In Women's Education des Femmes 10(1): 34-37.

Newman, Elana. 1999. "Ethical issues in teaching about violence against women." In Women's Studies Quarterly XXVII (1&2): 197-202.

Nordstrum, Carolyn, and Antonius Robben. 1995. "The Anthropology and Ethnography of Violence and Sociopolitical Conflict." Nordstrum, Carolyn, and Antonius Robben eds. Fieldwork under Fire: Contemporary Studies of Violence and Survival. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Nyquist, Mary. 1998. "Struck dumb." In Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme 17(4): 69-71.

Ouellette, Jeannine M. 1991. "L'impact de la violence faite aux femmes." In Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme 11(4): 32-36.

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Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses. 1996. "Home Truth: Exposing the False Face of Equality and Security Rights for Abused Women in Canada." Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women.

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Projansky, Sarah. 2001. Watching Rape: Film and Television in Postfeminist Culture. New York: New York University Press.

Race, Colleen N. 1992. "Breaking all the rules: Breaking silence." In Women's Education des Femmes 9(4): 6-9.

Rait, Fiona E. and Suzanne Zeedyk. 1997. "Rape trauma syndrome: Its corroborative and educational roles." In Journal of Law and Society 24(4): 552-68.

Rathjen, Heidi. 1992-1993. "Gun control: An analysis of Bill C-17." In Women's Education des Femmes 10(1): 47-48.

Rennie, Mary. 1992 . "Will my hurt go away?" In Women's Education des Femmes 9(4): 19.

Rentschler, Carrie A. 1999. "Women's self-defense: Physical education for everyday life." In Women's Studies Quarterly 1&2: 152-161.

Rooney, Eilish. 1999-2000. "Women and local learning: reflections from formative faultlines in the North of Ireland." In Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme 19(4): 95-101.

Rudd, Jane. 2001. "Dowry-Murder: An Example of Violence Against Women." Women's International Forum 24 (5): 513-522.

Rundle, Lisa Bryn and Nicole Ysabet-Scott. 1995. "Violence: A barrier to our education." In Women's Education des Femmes 11(4): 5-11.

Schulman, Barbara. 1999. "The unsettling subject of violence in women's lives: Encouraging notes from the classroom front." In Women's Studies Quarterly XXVII (1&2): 167-184.

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Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Nadera. 2000. "The efficacy of Israeli law in preventing violence within Palestinian families living in Israel." In International Review of Victimology 17(1/2/3): 47-66.

Shell-Duncan, Bettina, and Ylva Hernlund. 2000. "Female "Circumcision" in Africa: Dimensions of the Practices and Debates." Shell-Duncan, Bettina and Ylva Hurnland eds. Female "Circumsion" in Africa: Culture, Controversy, and Change. Boulder: Lynne Reinner Publishers.

Sideris, Tina. 1999. "Gender, culture and trauma: Mozambican women share experiences of war dislocation and survival." In Lola Press 56-58.

Sinha, Murli M. 1999. "Sex, structural violence, and AIDS: Case studies of Indian prostitutes." In Women's Studies Quarterly XXVII (1&2): 65-72.

Slights, Jessica. 1992. "Unwelcome attentions: Learning NOT to live with harassment." In Women's Education des Femmes 9(4): 32-36.

Smith, Dorothy, Liza McCoy and Paula Bourne. 1995. Girls and Schooling: Their Own Critique. Toronto: Centre for Women's Studies, Ontario Institution for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto.

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Tang, Catherine So-kum, Day Wong, Fanny M. C. Cheung and Antoinette Lee. 2000. "Exploring how Chinese define violence against women: A focus group study in Hong Kong." In Women's Studies International Forum 23(2): 197-209.

Taylor, Wendy K., Lois Magnussen, and Mary Jane Amundson. 2001. "The lived experience of battered women." In Violence Against Women: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal 7(5): 563-585.

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Women, War and Violence

Amnesty International, the International Action Network on Small Arms, and Oxfam International (2005).  “The Impact of Guns on Women’s Lives.”  Amnesty International, the International Action Network on Small Arms, and Oxfam International.

Ellsberg, Mary and Lori Heise (2005).  Researching Violence Against Women: A Practical Guide for Researchers and Activists.  World Health Organization and Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH). 

Human Rights Watch (November 2006).  “A Question of Security: Violence against Palestinian Women and Girls.”  Human Rights Watch, Vol. 18, No. 7. 

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IOM International Organization for Migration (January 2004).  “Trafficking in Persons: An Analysis of Afghanistan.”

Otlu, Silan (January 2005).  Violence in Armed Conflict -Motivation for Political Action? A Field Study of Women in Turkey/Kurdistan.  Uppsala Universitet: Department of Peace and Conflict Research. 

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Refugee Women’s Resource Project (September 2001).  “Refugee Women and Domestic Violence: Country Studies, Iran.”  Asylum Aid.

Sandler, Joanne (3 March 2003).  “Not a Minute More: Progress on Ending Violence Against Women.” UNIFEM.  (Accessed: 6/15/2005).  Available from: (

Skjelsbaek, Inger.  2001.  “Sexual Violence and War: Mapping Out a Complex Relationship.”  European Journal of International Relations, Vol. 7, No. 2: 211-237.

The Swedish Ministry of Justice and the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (7-8 December 2004).  Report from the International Conference: Combating Patriarchal Violence Against Women -Focusing on Violence in the Name of Honour.

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Women’s Asylum News (October 2006). “UK: House of Lords grants asylum to FGM case based on MPSG.”  Women’s Asylum News, Issue No. 64.

World Health Organization (2005).  “Summary Report: WHO Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence Against Women.”  World Health Organization. 

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