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This book presents a novel and insightful examination of gender-based violence, considering this topic from various perspectives. It encompasses various conceptual discussions and international regulations and trends, while emphasising the legal regulations and practices of select Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries.
List of contents
List of figures vii
List of tables viii
List of contributors ix
Foreword xvi
DALIA LEINART¿
Preface xviii
PART I
Theoretical, political, and legal framework for responding to gender-based violence 1
1 A feminist approach to gender-based violence: the role of the objectification and sexualisation of women 3
SANDRA AMANKAVI¿I¿T¿ AND MONIKA ŽALNIERI¿T¿
2 Failed hegemonic masculinity, negative emotions, and gender-based violence: theories and elaborations 21
ART¿RAS TEREŠKINAS
3 Gender-based violence in international instruments and case law of the European Court of Human Rights 40
AGN¿ LIMANT¿
4 The Istanbul Convention in the constitutional jurisprudence of Central and Eastern European states 60
DOVIL¿ P¿RAIT¿-ANDRIKIEN¿
PART II
Spotlight on domestic violence 87
5 Approaches to the criminalisation of domestic violence in Central and Eastern Europe 89
JOLANTA APOLEVI¿ AND EL¿BIETA KUZBORSKA-PACHA
6 The changing paradigm in help provision for survivors of intimate partner violence: specialised complex help vs generic social help model 109
ZUZANA VASILIAUSKAIT¿, LILIJA HENRIKA VASILIAUSK¿ AND EVELINA DIRMOTAIT¿
7 Rethinking work with intimate partner perpetrators: new prospects for the successful implementation of batterer intervention programmes in Lithuania 128
R¿TA VAI¿I¿NIEN¿ AND ILONA MICHAILOVI¿
8 The economic empowerment of women as a factor contributing to the prevention of domestic violence 150
JOLANTA APOLEVI¿
9 Gender-based violence against women with disabilities 168
ROKAS USCILA AND DOVIL¿ JUODKAIT¿
PART III
Gender-based violence in public spaces 187
10 Sexual harassment in the workplace in Lithuania: what does the silence say? 189
KRISTINA AMBRAZEVI¿I¿T¿
11 What makes academia (un)safe: experiences, observations, and consequences of gender-based violence in different stages of individual researchers' careers 206
VILANA PILINKAIT¿ SOTIROVI¿ AND GIEDR¿ BLAŽYT¿
12 Gender-based violence online: cyberstalking overview in Lithuania 233
LIUBOV¿ JARUTIEN¿, ILONA MICHAILOVI¿ AND ILONA LAURINAITYT¿
Index 255
About the author
Agn¿ Limant¿ is a chief researcher at the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences.
Art¿ras Tereškinas is a professor of sociology at Vytautas Magnus University and a chief researcher at the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences.
R¿ta Vai¿i¿nien¿ is a senior researcher and the Head of the Criminological Research Department at the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences.
