Gender and Violence in Haiti: Women's Path from Victims to Agents

Title Page, Copyright

Gender and Violence in Haiti Gender and Violence in Haiti Women’s Path from Victims to Agents BENEDETTA FAEDI DURAMY RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, AND LONDON Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Faedi Duramy, Benedetta. Gender and violence in Haiti : women’s path from victims to agents / Benedetta Faedi Duramy. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–8135–6315–2 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8135–6314–5 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8135–6316–9 (e-book) 1. Women—Violence against—Haiti. 2. Girls—Violence against—Haiti. 3. Sex crimes—Zimbabwe—Mbare. 4. Abused women—Haiti. 5. Family violence—Haiti. 6. Female offenders—Haiti. 7. Women—Legal status, laws, etc.—Haiti. I. Title. HV6250.4.W65F34 2014 362.88082'097294—dc23 2013029875 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Copyright © 2014 by Benedetta Faedi Duramy All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 106 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Visit our website: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America For Johan, the love of my life, and our little Leonardo ...