A critical analysis of the efficacy of law as a tool to achieve gender equality /

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Law is often perceived as an instrument that can effect social change. While this might be so, it must be complemented by the necessary financial and human resources to make the law effective. Natalie Persadie explains that, among developing countries, such as Trinidad and Tobago, the achievement of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Persadie, Natalie Renée
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Md. ; Boulder : University Press of America, ©2012.
Subjects:
Women's rights > Government policy > Developing countries.
Women > Developing countries > Social conditions.
Women in development > Developing countries.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Women in development
Women > Social conditions
Women's rights > Government policy
Developing countries
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Gender and the law
  • The androcentrism of international law and human rights
  • The institutional framework : the United Nations and non-governmental organisations post-1945
  • Trinidad and Tobago's domestic gender policy : the legislative response
  • Trinidad and Tobago and domestic violence : the specific legislative response
  • Trinidad and Tobago and domestic violence : the institutional response
  • Trinidad and Tobago and domestic violence : the international response
  • Conclusion.

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