UID:
almafu_9958352330802883
Format:
1 online resource (656 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780812201666
Series Statement:
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Content:
"The book's embrace is gigantic.... Not only will Human Rights of Women appeal to a wide audience, it should be read by everyone who has any interest in human rights."—Gender and Development.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Foreword /
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Acknowledgments /
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Chapter 1. Women's International Human Rights Law; The Way Forward /
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Chapter 2. To Bellow like a Cow: Women, Ethnicity, and the Discourse of Rights /
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Chapter 3. What are "Women's International Human Rights"? /
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Chapter 4. State Responsibility Goes Private: A Feminist Critique of the Public/Private Distinction in international Human Rights Law /
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Chapter 5. Intimate Terror: Understanding Domestic Violence as Torture /
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Chapter 6. Why Rethinking the Sovereign State is Important for Women's International Human Rights Law /
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Chapter 7. State Responsibility Under International Human Rights Law to Change Religious and Customary Laws /
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Chapter 8. Toward More Effective Enforcement of Women's Human Rights Through the Use of International Human Rights Law and Procedures /
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Chapter 9. State Accountability Under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women /
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Chapter 10. Toward a More Effective Guarantee of the Enjoyment of Human Rights by Women in the Inter-American System /
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Chapter 11. Toward a More Effective Guarantee of Women's Rights in the African Human Rights System /
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Chapter 12. African Women's Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights–Toward a Relevant Theory and Practice /
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Chapter 13 Domestic Violence as an International Human Rights Issue --
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Chapter 14. The Developing Approaches of the International Commission of Jurists to Women's Human Rights /
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Chapter 15. General Approaches to the Domestic Application of Women's International Human Rights Law /
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Chapter 16. Obstacles to Women's Rights in India /
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Chapter 17. Challenges to the Application of International Women's Human Rights in the Sudan /
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Chapter 18. The Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs on Women's International Human Rights; The Example of Ghana /
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Chapter 19. Canadian Approaches to Equality Rights and Gender Equity in the Courts /
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Chapter 20. Equality in the Home: Women's Rights and Personal Laws in South Asia /
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Chapter 21. Using the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights to Secure Women's Access to Land in Africa /
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Chapter 22. Reproductive Rights as Human Rights: The Colombian Case /
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Chapter 23. The Use of International Human Rights Norms to Combat Violence Against Women /
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Appendix A: Ratifications of Selected Human Rights Instruments --
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Appendix B: Model Communication Form --
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Appendix C: Organizational Resources --
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Contributors --
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Table of Cases --
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Index.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812201666
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812201666
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