This book was conceived in the summer of 2013 during discussions and planning towards the Faculty of Law's Centre for Rights and Justice's international conference on Gender, Violence and the State in Asia which was held on 8--10 May 2014 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)--Acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : framing gender, violence and the state in Asia / Amy Barrow and Joy L. Chia -- Gender, violence and access to justice in international law / Christine Chinkin -- From transition to transformation in gender equality : lessons from Asia / Rita Shackel -- Women in post-war Sri Lanka : linking policy to reality / Shyamala Gomez -- Violnce, women and conflict in Nepal / Amrita Gurung and Lily Thapa -- Implementing security council resolution 1325 in Asia : the role of national action plans on women, peace and security / Amy Barrow -- Sexual assault under cover of national security laws in India / Surabhi Chopra -- Public interest litigation on violence against wome in Bangladesh : possibilities and limits / Sara Hossain -- Dispute resolution and access to justice in rural China : an analysis from a gender perspective / Huang Zhong -- Bringing intersectionality home : delivering contextualised justice in response to gender-based violence in Hong Kong / Puja Kapai -- State violence, human-rights violations and the case of apwint in Myanmar / Lynette J. Chua and David Gilbert -- Legislating inequalities : gender, sexuality and violence in China / Joy L. Chia -- PathFinders : supporting access to justice for pregnant migrant workers and their children in Hong Kong / Kay McArdle -- Women against women? Rural women leaders' role in addressing gender-based violence in China / Gao Wei -- Law, inequalities and diverse vulnerabilities : client-perpetrated violence against female sex workers in Hong Kong / Suanne Yuk-Ping Choi -- Conclusion / Amy Barrow and Joy L. Chia.

"While gender-based violence occurs in all societies irrespective of the level of development or cultural setting, whether in conflict or peacetime, the challenges for legal responses to gender-based violence are particularly acute in Asia. This book addresses the lack of academic discourse on gender-based violence in Asia beyond domestic violence, by demonstrating that gendered violence exists within many different contexts and is perpetuated by multiple actors. Bringing together scholars, legal practitioners and human rights advocates, the book examines the intersections between gender, violence and the state in Asian contexts. It considers the role of state institutions in perpetuating and preventing violence based on gender and identity, and thus contributes to growing scholarship around due diligence standards under international law. Analyzing both physical and structural gender-based violence, it scrutinizes how such violence exists within a landscape shaped by distinct cultural norms, laws and policies, and grapples with how to practically translate international human rights standards about state responsibility into these complex domestic environments. Contributors from diverse backgrounds draw on case studies and empirical research to ground this academic scholarship in lived experiences of individuals and their communities in Asia."-- Back cover.

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