Jacqui True is Professor of International Relations and Director of Monash University's Centre for Gender, Peace and Security. She is also a Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute (PRIO), Oslo. She is the author of 14 books including the prize-winning The Political Economy of Violence against Women, and The Oxford Handbook on Women, Peace, and Security with Sara E. Davies.

This book is complex and yet refreshing. It brings the contentious issue of violence against women to the forefront of the Australian and international academic debate. True's work is indispensable reading for all those with an interest in gender and international relations, politics and gender, women's rights, feminist theory, conflict studies, feminist legal theory, and women's empowerment in the workplace.

• 1. What is Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG)? 2. Historical Struggle 3. Mapping VAWG Globally4. VAWG and Gender Discrimination (and Equality)5. Conflict-related VAWG Part 2: Causes of VAWG 6. Men, Masculinities, and VAWG 7. Culture and VAWG8. VAWG and the Media9. Development, Poverty, and VAWG10. Employment, Precarity, and VAWG11. Migration, Human Trafficking, and VAWG12. VAWG and Land/Property Part 3: Contexts and Impacts 13. Education, Schools, and VAWG14. VAWG and the Environment15. International Security and VAWG16. VAWG and Health and Reproductive Rights Part 4: Responses 17. Legal Frameworks: National and International 18. Policy Frameworks and Solutions19. Economics and VAWG 20. Advocacy Frameworks: Ending VAWG

Jacqui True is Professor of International Relations and Director of Monash University's Centre for Gender, Peace and Security. She is also a Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute (PRIO), Oslo. She is the author of 14 books including the prize-winning The Political Economy of Violence against Women, and The Oxford Handbook on Women, Peace, and Security with Sara E. Davies.

This book is complex and yet refreshing. It brings the contentious issue of violence against women to the forefront of the Australian and international academic debate. True's work is indispensable reading for all those with an interest in gender and international relations, politics and gender, women's rights, feminist theory, conflict studies, feminist legal theory, and women's empowerment in the workplace.

• 1. What is Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG)? 2. Historical Struggle 3. Mapping VAWG Globally4. VAWG and Gender Discrimination (and Equality)5. Conflict-related VAWG Part 2: Causes of VAWG 6. Men, Masculinities, and VAWG 7. Culture and VAWG8. VAWG and the Media9. Development, Poverty, and VAWG10. Employment, Precarity, and VAWG11. Migration, Human Trafficking, and VAWG12. VAWG and Land/Property Part 3: Contexts and Impacts 13. Education, Schools, and VAWG14. VAWG and the Environment15. International Security and VAWG16. VAWG and Health and Reproductive Rights Part 4: Responses 17. Legal Frameworks: National and International 18. Policy Frameworks and Solutions19. Economics and VAWG 20. Advocacy Frameworks: Ending VAWG