EMPOWERING BATTERED WOMEN TRANSNATIONALLY - THE CASE FOR POSTMODERN INTERVENTIONS

Violence against women by their intimate partners remains a leading ca use of injury and death to women worldwide. Governments around the glo be ave searching for appropriate solutions to woman abuse. This articl e examines transnational legal interventions instituted to respond to the problem of intimate violence and assesses the propriety of the cri minal model on which they ave based. Using postmodern social work theo ry and practice, the article promotes the idea of a move workable alte rnative response to the problem-a domestic violence commission that pl aces control over hev actions and reactions in the hands of the batter ed woman.