The Prism of Human Rights: Seeking Justice amid Gender Violence in Rural Ecuador

Gender violence has been at the forefront of women’s human rights struggles for decades, shaping political movements and NGO and government programs related to women’s empowerment, community development, and public health. Drawing on over twenty years of research and activism in rural Ecuador, Karin Friederic provides a remarkably intimate view of what these rights—based programs actually achieve over the long term. The Prism of Human Rights brings us into the lives of women, men, and child...