Global Research on Gender-Based Violence: Where Does Anthropology Fit?

CHAIR: HALDANE, Hillary (Quinnipiac U)

ABSTRACT: This panel addresses the growing literature on gender-based violence here in the United States and around the world. Panelists will discuss critical issues such as
how anthropologists approach this topic, what we offering in terms of policy and practical solutions, and what it would mean for the discipline if we were to adopt a universally
accepted terminology as part of our theorizing. Presenters will address how anthropology's passion for difference contributes in meaningful and illuminating ways to the debate
over what can be done to decrease and prevent instances of gender-based violence around the world.

DISCUSSANT: HAUTZINGER, Sarah (Colorado Coll)

Session Participants:
WIES, Jennifer (Xavier U) and HALDANE, Hillary (Quinnipiac U)
BESKE, Melissa (Tulane U)
FRIEDERIC, Karin (U Arizona)
COY, Kathleen (Xavier U)

Session took place on Thursday, March 25, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.