Understanding gender based violence : national and international contexts / edited by Nadia Ahgtaie, Geetanjali Gangoli.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: definitions and debates on gender based violence -- Key issues : researching gender based violence / Nadia Aghtaie & Geetanjali Gangoli -- Theorising male power and violence against women : revisiting Millett's sexual politics / Marianne Hester -- Researching gender based violence : methodological challenges -- Concepts, contexts and consequences : methodological insights into researching young people's experiences of IPV / Christine Barter -- Developing rapport : the ethics of'reciprocity' / Karen Morgan -- Developing survey measures of attitudes to domestic violence amongst young people in India / LynnMarie Sardinha & Eldin Fahmy -- Researching gender based violence in the UK -- Feminist activism in movement : UK activism against VAW / Finn Mackay -- Views and experiences : young men, masculinity and gendered interpersonal violence / Melanie McCarry -- Gender, power and the translation of English prostitution policy / Natasha Mulvihill -- Double jeopardy : disabled women's experiences of domestic violence / Ravi K. Thiara & Gill Hague -- Heterosexual men as victims of domestic violence and abuse : -- Prevalence, help-seeking, and challenges to feminist theoretical frameworks / Emma Williamson -- Researching gender based violence in international contexts -- Men as women' s guardians : domestic violence in Iran / Nadia Aghtaie -- Strategic co-option' Indian feminists, the state and legal activism on domestic violence / Geetanjali Gangoli & Martin Rew -- Abuse along the margins : gender based violence during displacement / Natasha Price -- Domestic violence in China : a focus on a health impact / Qihua Ye.