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How can human rights make a difference in the reality of women's lives? The very notion of human rights implies universal application to both women and men; however, the development of international human rights law has been partial and androcentric, privileging a masculine world view. For most...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cook, Rebecca J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1994.
Colección:Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
Temas:
Börngen, ...
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Women's rights.
Human rights.
Feminism.
Women's Rights
Human Rights
Feminism
Femmes > Droit > Législation.
Femmes > Droits.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Féminisme.
feminism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) .
Mujeres > Derechos de la mujer.
Derechos civiles.
Feminismo.
Human rights
Women's rights
Menschenrecht
Frau
Mensenrechten.
Vrouwendiscriminatie.
Nationale aspecten.
Internationale aspecten.
Droits de l'homme (droit international)
Femmes > Statut juridique.
Droits de l'homme.
Toronto <1992>
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Sonia Picado Sotela
  • 1. Women's International Human Rights Law: The Way Forward / Rebecca J. Cook
  • 2. To Bellow like a Cow: Women, Ethnicity, and the Discourse of Rights / Radhika Coomaraswamy
  • 3. What are "Women's International Human Rights"? / Hilary Charlesworth
  • 4. State Responsibility Goes Private: A Feminist Critique of the Public/Private Distinction in International Human Rights Law / Celina Romany
  • 5. Intimate Terror: Understanding Domestic Violence as Torture / Rhonda Copelon
  • 6. Why Rethinking the Sovereign State is Important for Women's International Human Rights Law / Karen Knop
  • 7. State Responsibility Under International Human Rights Law to Change Religious and Customary Laws / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im
  • 8. Toward More Effective Enforcement of Women's Human Rights Through the Use of International Human Rights Law and Procedures / Andrew Byrnes
  • 9. State Accountability Under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women / Rebecca J. Cook
  • 10. Toward a More Effective Guarantee of the Enjoyment of Human Rights by Women in the Inter-American System / Cecilia Medina
  • 11. Toward a More Effective Guarantee of Women's Rights in the African Human Rights System / Chaloka Beyani
  • 12. African Women's Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
  • Toward a Relevant Theory and Practice / Adetoun O. Ilumoka
  • 13. Domestic Violence as an International Human Rights Issue / Kenneth Roth
  • 14. The Developing Approaches of the International Commission of Jurists to Women's Human Rights / Mona Rishmawi
  • 15. General Approaches to Domestic Application of Women's International Human Rights Law / Anne F. Bayefsky
  • 16. Obstacles to Women's Rights in India / Kirti Singh
  • 17. Challenges to the Application of International Women's Human Rights in the Sudan / Asma Mohamed Abdel Halim
  • 18. The Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs on Women's International Human Rights: The Example of Ghana / Akua Kuenyehia
  • 19. Canadian Approaches to Equality Rights and Gender Equity in the Courts / Kathleen E. Mahoney
  • 20. Equality in the Home: Women's Rights and Personal Laws in South Asia / Sara Hossain
  • 21. Using the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights to Secure Women's Access to Land in Africa / Florence Butegwa
  • 22. Reproductive Rights as Human Rights: The Colombian Case / Maria Isabel Plata
  • 23. The Use of International Human Rights Norms to Combat Violence Against Women / Joan Fitzpatrick
  • Appendix A. Chart of Ratifications of Selected Human Rights Instruments
  • Appendix B. Model Communication Form
  • Appendix C. Organizational Resources.

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