Gender And Human Rights In The Commonwealth
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Author | : Corinne Lennox |
Publisher | : Institute of Commonwealth Studies |
Total Pages | : 582 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780957354883 |
"Human rights in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity are at last reaching the heart of global debates. Yet 78 states worldwide continue to criminalise same-sex sexual behaviour, and due to the legal legacies of the British Empire, 42 of these - more than half - are in the Commonwealth of Nations. In recent years many states have seen the emergence of new sexual nationalisms, leading to increased enforcement of colonial sodomy laws against men, new criminalisations of sex between women and discrimination against transgender people. [This book] challenges these developments as the first book to focus on experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) and all non-heterosexual people in the Commonwealth. The volume offers the most internationally extensive analysis to date of the global struggle for decriminalisation of same-sex sexual behaviour and relationships."--Abstract, website.
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Publisher | : CHRI |
Total Pages | : 141 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Civil rights |
ISBN | : 8188205524 |
Author | : Commonwealth Secretariat |
Publisher | : Commonwealth Secretariat |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 2013-12-06 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1849291098 |
Women’s minimal leadership role in national and local political spheres remains a serious concern worldwide. The Commonwealth Gender Plan of Action for Gender Equality 2005–2015 calls on governments to introduce measures to promote at least 30 per cent representation of women in parliament, government and business. The Impact of Women’s Political Leadership on Democracy and Development describes the barriers to women’s political participation and explains why the contribution of women is so crucial to democracy. It identifies established strategies – electoral reform (New Zealand), party voluntary quotas (South Africa), and legislative quotas (Bangladesh and India) – that have helped these Commonwealth countries to meet the global target of 30 per cent and thus to effectively advance the participation of women in decision-making at all levels.
Author | : Debbie Budlender |
Publisher | : Commonwealth Secretariat |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780850927344 |
Comprises ten papers which document "good practice" in gender budget work from across the globe.
Author | : Fareda Banda |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 2005-10-04 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1847311830 |
Africa, with its mix of statute, custom and religion is at the centre of the debate about law and its impact on gender relations. This is because of the centrality of the gender question and its impact on the cultural relativism debate within human rights. It is therefore important to examine critically the role of law, broadly constructed, in African societies. The book focuses on women's experiences in the family. This is because the lives of women continue to be lived out largely in the private domain, where the right to privacy is used to conceal unequal treatment of women which is justified by invoking 'custom' and 'tradition'. The book shows how law and its interpretation is used to disenfranchise women, resulting in their being deprived of land and other property which they may have helped to accumulate. It also considers issues of violence within the home, reproductive rights and examines the issue of female genital cutting. The role of women in development is explored as is their participation in politics and the NGO sector. A major theme of the book is a consideration of the linkages of constitutional and international human rights norms with local values. This is done using feminist tools of analysis. The book considers the provisions of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women which was adopted by the African Union in July 2003.
Author | : Naila Kabeer |
Publisher | : Commonwealth Secretariat |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780850927528 |
This book explores the issue of gender inequality through the lens of the Millennium Development Goals, particularly the first one of halving world poverty by 2015.
Author | : Stephen Gardbaum |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2013-01-03 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1107009286 |
Stephen Gardbaum proposes and examines a new way of protecting rights in a democracy.
Author | : Sally Engle Merry |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2009-07-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0226520757 |
Human rights law and the legal protection of women from violence are still fairly new concepts. As a result, substantial discrepancies exist between what is decided in the halls of the United Nations and what women experience on a daily basis in their communities. Human Rights and Gender Violence is an ambitious study that investigates the tensions between global law and local justice. As an observer of UN diplomatic negotiations as well as the workings of grassroots feminist organizations in several countries, Sally Engle Merry offers an insider's perspective on how human rights law holds authorities accountable for the protection of citizens even while reinforcing and expanding state power. Providing legal and anthropological perspectives, Merry contends that human rights law must be framed in local terms to be accepted and effective in altering existing social hierarchies. Gender violence in particular, she argues, is rooted in deep cultural and religious beliefs, so change is often vehemently resisted by the communities perpetrating the acts of aggression. A much-needed exploration of how local cultures appropriate and enact international human rights law, this book will be of enormous value to students of gender studies and anthropology alike.
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
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Author | : Jonas Tallberg |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2013-09-05 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1107435773 |
Once the exclusive preserve of member states, international organizations have become increasingly open in recent decades. Now virtually all international organizations at some level involve NGOs, business actors and scientific experts in policy-making. This book offers the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of this development. Combining statistical analysis and in-depth case studies, it maps and explains the openness of international organizations across issue areas, policy functions and world regions from 1950 to 2010. Addressing the question of where, how and why international organizations offer transnational actors access to global policy-making, this book has implications for critical issues in world politics. When do states share authority with private actors? What drives the design of international organizations? How do activists and businesses influence global politics? Is civil society involvement a solution to democratic deficits in global governance?