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This article focuses on rethinking the intersectional approach towards a greater framing within the new political economy and particularly concerns itself with the ways such an approach can contribute to theorising various manifestations of gendered violence. The article examines a range of different forms of violence and reflects on how an intersectional framing can inform our understanding better. Some of the intersectional dimensions to domestic violence, rape and sexual assault, honour-based crimes and trafficking are discussed.
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Anthias, F. The Intersections of Class, Gender, Sexuality and ‘Race’: The Political Economy of Gendered Violence. Int J Polit Cult Soc 27, 153–171 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10767-013-9152-9
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