Introduction / Swati Shirwadkar --
SECTION ONE: Human and Legal Rights --
On the fringes of human rights discourse: Violence against women in intimate relationships / Veena Poonacha --
Human rights movement and domestic violence--an uneven terrain: Reflections on the human rights movement in Andhra Pradesh / U. Vindhya --
Captive subjects: Gender, intimate violence and the crises of international human rights interventions / Oishik Sircar --
Age of marriage and the debate on human rights / Jaya Sagade --
Taking women seriously: An introspection on law's engagement with the evil of dowry / Sanjay S. Jain --
Family violence with special reference to Section 498A of Indian Penal Code / Meena Gokhale --
Violence against women in the family: A human rights violation? / S. Elizabeth --
Child sexual abuse: A violation of human rights? / Shalini S. Phansalkar-Joshi --
Cruelty and physical torture against children in family: Socio-legal dimensions / Durgambini Patel. SECTION TWO: Contextual Issues in Indian Family Violence --
Declining sex ratios in Maharashtra: Gift of technological advance / Sanjeevanee Mulay --
Globalizing India and domestic violence against women / Ranjana Kumari --
Married men's perspective: Attitude towards wife beating / Savita Kanade --
Ending domestic violence: Self-help groups can help / Milind Bokil --
Battered and bound in their own homes: Does family violence have an answer? / R. Indira --
SECTION THREE: Special Topics for Indian Research --
Witchcraft, witches and social exclusion / Kanchan Mathur --
Emotional abuse in family, an act of power play: A human rights debate with special reference to scleroderma patients / K. Asha --
Desh-Pardesh: Indian immigrants and Canadian domestic violence policies / Swati Shirwadkar --
SECTION FOUR: International Campaigns --
A sociological overview of the domestic violence field in the United States / Edward W. Gondolf --
Domestic violence: Comparative analysis of German and British research findings / Helmut Kury and Ursula Smartt --
Violence against women in France, in light of the Indian debate / Hugues Lagrange --
Local solutions for global problems: The challenges encountered by the anti-domestic violence campaign in Armenia / Armine Ishkanian --
SECTION FIVE: Conclusion --
Family violence and human rights / Justice Sujata Manohar.