Böcker av Alice Edwards

This is a story of survival. It Wasn't My Shame tells the harrowing story of a young girl who navigates a treacherous path through childhood abuse. This story is a glimpse behind the scenes into the heart of a child trying to survive and heal when she has fallen through the cracks at every turn. This is a story of determination. In this story, Alice shares her deepest thoughts and feelings with the reader. It Wasn't My Shame tells the story of a girl who seeks to find her way no matter what the cost. In equal turns heartbreaking and hopeful, this is a story of how with determination we all can rise above the dark circumstances of our life.

Since the mid-1990s, increasing international attention has been paid to the issue of violence against women. However, there is still no explicit international human rights treaty prohibition on violence against women and the issue remains poorly defined and understood under international human rights law. Drawing on feminist theories of international law and human rights, this critical examination of the United Nations' legal approaches to violence against women analyses the merits of strategies which incorporate women's concerns of violence within existing human rights norms such as equality norms, the right to life, and the prohibition against torture. Although feminist strategies of inclusion have been necessary as well as symbolically powerful for women, the book argues that they also carry their own problems and limitations, prevent a more radical transformation of the human rights system, and ultimately reinforce the unequal position of women under international law.