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The Global Governance of Harmful Practices

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Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. While gender-based violence is not new, it has only recently come to the centre of global policy efforts. This book examines three pervasi...
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  • 07 April 2026
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Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

While gender-based violence is not new, it has only recently come to the centre of global policy efforts. This book examines three pervasive forms of harmful practices prevalent across the world: child marriage, female genital mutilation, and genderbiased sex selection.

The author measures policy progress made by select global programmes towards the eradication of these practices and offers crucial, practical guidance to accelerate change for the future.

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Price: $44.95
Pages: 308
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Series: Transnational Administration and Global Policy
Publication Date: 07 April 2026
ISBN: 9781529231243
Format: Paperback
BISACs: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, International relations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Gender studies, gender groups, International institutions / intergovernmental organizations
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‘Rahm’s book traces the lifeline of a policy from its design to its implementation and evaluation. Utilizing network-actor theory, this study skilfully intertwines nuanced policy analysis with personal narratives from the actors, providing a unique contribution to the understanding of international governance. It is a compelling read for those interested in policy studies and gender analysis.’ Christophe Z. Guilmoto, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Laura Rahm is Policy Leader Fellow at the Florence School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute.

1. Changing Sticky Norms? A Delicate Terrain in International Development

2. Harmful Practices and Global Governance

3. Gender Justice by Design? Mapping Actors and Networks in Global Programmes

4. Measuring the Immeasurable? Global Efforts to Evaluate Harm

5. Rethinking the Future: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Ending Harm