Women's human rights : seeking gender justice in a globalizing age / Niamh Reilly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reilly, Niamh.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's rights.

Human rights advocacy--International cooperation.

Human rights advocacy.

Women's rights--History.

History.

Women (International law).

International cooperation.

Physical Description:

xii, 203 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2009.

Summary:

Women's Human Rights explores the emergence of transnational, UN-oriented, feminist advocacy for women's human rights, especially over the past three decades.

It identifies the main influences that have shaped the movement and explores how Western legalist, state-centric as well as profound gender biases continue to impede enjoyment of human rights in women's lives in all regions.

The book traces the evolution of the women’s human rights movement through an examination of its key issues, debates and practical interventions in international law and policy arenas. This includes efforts to:

Develop global gender equality norms via the UN Women’s Convention

Frame violence against women as a human rights issue

Address gender-based crimes in conflict and ensure women’s equality in post-conflict transformation

Highlight the gendered human rights dimensions of widening inequalities in neoliberal globalization

Counteract politicized religious movements that actively oppose women’s human rights, especially reproductive and sexual rights

Ultimotely, Women’s Human Rights reaffirms a commitment to critically reinterpreted universal human rights principles and demonstrates the vital role that bottom-up, transnational movements play in gaining recognition for and driving the realization of women’s human rights.

Contents:

1 Women's Human Rights Advocacy 1

2 Human Rights, Gender and Contested Meanings 22

3 Women's Human Rights as Equality and Non-Discrimination 44

4 Violence and Reproductive Health as Human Rights Issues 69

5 Women's Human Rights in Conflict and Post-Conflict Transformation 93

6 Development, Globalization and Women's Human Rights 116

7 Fundamentalisms and Women's Human Rights 140

8 Conclusion 160.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780745636993

0745636993

9780745637006

0745637000

OCLC:

176827040