Women's empowerment and its limits : interdisciplinary and transnational perspectives toward sustainable progress / Elisa Fornalé, Federica Cristani, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fornalé, Elisa, editor.

Cristani, Federica, editor.

ProQuest ebook central

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism.

Women's rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]

Contents:

Intro

Foreword

Engendering Sustainability

Acknowledgments

Contents

Notes on Contributors

List of Tables

Chapter 1: Women's Empowerment and Its Limits: Setting the Scene

1 Introduction

2 Engendering Sustainability: The Purpose and Significance of Our Book

3 The Structure of the Book

4 Background

References

Part I: Know the Limits: The Status of Women Empowerment in the Sustainability Discourse

Chapter 2: Women's Empowerment: A Historical Introduction

2 Greek Women

2.1 Spartan Women

2.2 Dorian Women

2.3 Athenian Women

3 Roman Women

3.1 Women's Empowerment in the Imperial Era

3.2 Roman "Empresses"

3.3 Silent Roman "Empresses": Four Examples

4 "Patriarchy Depends on Culture, Not on Nature". The Studies of Johann Jakob Bachofen in the Nineteenth Century

5 From Yesterday to Today: Women's Empowerment in the Twentieth Century

Chapter 3: Achievements and Hurdles Towards Women's Access to Climate Justice

2 Access to Justice in International Human Rights Law: A General Overview

2.1 De facto Inequalities in Women's Access to Justice

3 Climate Justice: From Silencing to Empowering Women

3.1 The Role of Women in Climate Justice

3.2 An Intersectional Approach to Climate Justice

4 Conclusions: Do We Have a Chance to Avoid the Worst?

Chapter 4: Minority Women, Human Rights, and Cultures in the Multicultural Discourse

1 Connecting Cultures and Social Groups in Multicultural Societies

2 Minorities, Internal Minorities, and Women

3 Women as a Minority or Women as a Minority Within a Minority?

4 Laws and Courts Before Minority Women

5 European Responses Toward Minority Women: Culture(s) Meet(s) Religion

5.1 ... Culture(s) Meet(s) Violence

6 Beyond Europe: Natives and Indigenous Women as Internal Minorities

7 Empowering, Not "Helping" Minority Women

Part II: Test the Limits: Where Is Gender Equality in the Sustainable Development Policy Framework?

Chapter 5: Including the Gender Dimension in the "Investment and Sustainable Development" Discourse: Where Do We Stand Now?

1 Introductory Remarks

2 Gender Provisions in International Investment Agreements: What Are the (New) Trends?

3 Assessing the Impact of IIAs on Gender Policies

4 Some Concluding Remarks

Chapter 6: The Climate Crisis in Fiji: The Grim Realities and Available Opportunities for Gender and Climate Justice

1 The Current Situation

2 The Fiji Government's Response to Mainstream Gender in the Context of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction?

3 Strengthening Responses to Violence Against Women in Humanitarian Settings

4 Where Is the Data That Matters? The Lack of Sex- and Age-Disaggregated Data

5 Participation of Women in Decision-Making Processes

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

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9783031293320

3031293320

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