Articles on the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, East and South Asia explore the dilemmas that arise for feminist praxis in these diverse locations, and address the question of what rights can contribute to struggles for gender justice. Exploring the intersection of formal rights - whether international human rights conventions, constitutional rights or national legislation - with the everyday realities of women in settings characterized by entrenched gender inequalities and poverty, plural legal systems and cultural norms that can constitute formidable obstacles to realizing rights. The contributors suggest that these sites of struggle can create new possibilities and meanings - and a politics of rights animated by demands for social and gender justice.
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Articles on the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, East and South Asia explore the dilemmas that arise for feminist praxis in these diverse locations, and address the question of what rights can contribute to struggles for gender justice. Exploring the intersection of formal rights - whether international human rights conventions, constitutional rights or national legislation - with the everyday realities of women in settings characterized by entrenched gender inequalities and poverty, plural legal systems and cultural norms that can constitute formidable obstacles to realizing rights. The contributors suggest that these sites of struggle can create new possibilities and meanings - and a politics of rights animated by demands for social and gender justice.
Imprint | Routledge |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | ThirdWorlds |
Release date | October 2007 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 2008 |
Editors | Andrea Cornwall, Maxine Molyneux |
Dimensions | 245 x 175 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - B-format |
Pages | 174 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-45906-8 |
Barcode | 9780415459068 |
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LSN | 0-415-45906-0 |