Challenging Violence Against Women In India: A Comparative Look At The Work Of International National, And Local-Level Actors
| Author(s) | Chawla, Monika | |
| Date Accessioned | 2016-09-19T14:57:43Z | |
| Date Available | 2016-09-19T14:57:43Z | |
| Publication Date | 2016-05 | |
| Abstract | This paper will examine the efforts of international, national, and local-level actors as they attempt to challenge violence against women in India. When feminist activists strategically present violence against women as a human rights issue, they are able to influence international organizations and the Indian government in provoking change. Furthermore, they are able to mobilize the country’s local grassroots NGOs in combatting instances of rape, domestic violence, and other forms of female oppression. This is a culmination of my research on all three levels: international organizations as they bring abuses such as rape and domestic violence to public attention and global discourse, India’s government and state-level actors as they use their sovereign powers to protect women by way of legislation and law enforcement, and lastly, local NGOs in urban, rural, and tribal settings, as they individually work with victims of violence. All of these organizations—when tied together under the same overarching framework of human rights—follow a chain reaction and influence one another in the greater crusade for social change. | en_US |
| Advisor | Jennifer Lobasz | |
| Program | Political Science | |
| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/19583 | |
| Publisher | University of Delaware | en_US |
| Keywords | women | en_US |
| Keywords | india | en_US |
| Keywords | actors | en_US |
| Keywords | violence | en_US |
| Title | Challenging Violence Against Women In India: A Comparative Look At The Work Of International National, And Local-Level Actors | en_US |
| Type | Thesis | en_US |