Community-Based Analysis of the U.S. Legal System's Intervention in Domestic Abuse Cases Involving Indigenous Women

AbstractThe shift towards legally plural multicultural and pluri-national citizenship regimes in the Andes formally recognised indigenous peoples’ community-based governance systems. These tend to emphasise participation, deliberation and service to the collective, but are often criticised for discriminating against women. We argue that recent constitutional reforms and legislation combining recognition of collective rights claims with institutional guarantees for gender equality have in fact amplified indigenous women's different strategies of ‘negotiating with patriarchy’, allowing them to further the transformation of their organisations and ‘custom’. Such strategies are necessary because of the intersections of race, class and gendered exclusions that indigenous women experience, and possible because of the diverse and dynamic nature of community governance systems. Despite systemic and structural constraints on the guarantee of indigenous peoples’ rights, the actions of organised indigenous women over the last two decades point to new ways of imagining more plural, less patriarchal forms of citizenship.

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Exploring Community-Based Advocacy Work Against Human Trafficking in the U.S.

Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice ◽

10.7728/0602201501 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jaclyn Houston

Keyword(s):

Human Trafficking ◽

Community Based ◽

The U.S

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What We Can Learn from Developing Countries: The Community Based Rehabilitation Model

Rural Special Education Quarterly ◽

10.1177/875687059601500302 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 3-9

Author(s):

Alana M. Zambone ◽

Stephanie Cox Suarez

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Community Based ◽

Community Based Rehabilitation ◽

Rehabilitation Model ◽

Rehabilitation Needs ◽

The U.S

This article challenges the notion that we have much to learn from developing countries as well as much to offer to them. The article describes the philosophy, model and services of Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) as one example of what developing countries have to offer us. We discuss parallels between the CBR model and strategies used in the U.S. to meet education and rehabilitation needs and illuminate CBR practices from which we can learn.

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Community-Based Vocational Education: Guidelines for Complying with the Fair Labor Standards Act

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps ◽

10.1177/154079699401900106 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 52-60

Author(s):

Marlene Simon ◽

William Halloran

Keyword(s):

Vocational Education ◽

Department Of Education ◽

Labor Standards ◽

Vocational Programs ◽

Community Based ◽

Department Of Labor ◽

Fair Labor Standards Act ◽

Questions And Answers ◽

The U.S ◽

Fair Labor

Community-based vocational education programs come under the jurisdiction of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) administered through the U.S. Department of Labor. This paper describes guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor that detail criteria to be met by education agencies to ensure that educational programs operate in compliance with the FLSA. The paper also describes a process used by the authors to generate questions and answers intended to provide further guidance to education personnel responsible for implementing community-based vocational programs.

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