Applying Anthropology to GenderBased Violence Global Responses Local Practices addresses the gaps in theory methods and practices that are currently used to engage the problem of genderbased violence. This book complements the work carried out in the legal human services and health fields by demonstrating how a focus on local issues and responses can better inform a collaborative global response to the problem of genderbased violence. With chapters covering Africa Asia Latin and North America and Oceania the volume illustrates the various ways scholars practitioners frontline workers and policy makers can work together to end violence in their local communities. The chapters in this volume provide ample evidence that topdown responses to violence have been inadequate and that solutions are available when the local historical political and social context is taken into consideration. Applying Anthropology to GenderBased Violence contains useful insights that when combined with the efforts of other disciplines offer solutions to the problem of genderbased violence. show more