Women's Charters and Declarations: Building Another World - Couverture souple

Manjoo, Rashida

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1907024158 ISBN 13 : 9781907024153

Editeur : Women Living Under Muslim Laws, 2014

Synopsis

The development of women’s charters, manifestos and declarations serve as a demand for change and improvement in the status and lives of women; they are an articulation of the need and demand for gender justice and the development of a collective good. These documents have given women a platform to demand their rights and voice their concerns over exclusion, inequality, discrimination and oppression. They serve as tools to challenge the roots of institutional and individual belief systems that continue to oppress women. Such documents also reflect a journey through a patriarchal maze at the state and non-state levels, in an attempt to reshape the fundamental norms and values of a society as regards women’s rights. Although the passing of nearly two centuries of struggles has brought more visibility and despite the existence of international human rights laws and policies, the necessity for women to demand their human rights remains critical - as millions of women continue to face inequalities on a daily basis in nearly all areas of their lives. This is indicative that despite existence of international human rights laws and policies, there remains a need to address specific issues and concerns of women in their social, economic, and political contexts. The central goal of this publication is to highlight and analyze strategies that women have adopted both historically and recently, to raise their collective voice in their demand for equality and the effective implementation of their human rights, at the state and non-state levels. As such a women’s national charter is also a tool of democratization.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Rashida Manjoo holds a part-time post as a Professor in the Department of Public Law, University of Cape Town, South Africa. She is also the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women. She is the former Parliamentary commissioner of the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE), a constitutional body mandated to oversee the promotion and protection of gender equality. Prior to being appointed to the CGE she was involved in social context training for judges and lawyers, where she has designed both content and methodology during her time at the Law, Race, and Gender Research Unit, University of Cape Town and at the University of Natal, Durban. Ms Manjoo has held numerous visiting professorships including most recently at the University of Virginia, USA. She served as the Des Lee Distinguished Visiting Professor at Webster University, USA where she taught courses in human rights, with a particular focus on women’s human rights and transitional justice. She was also the Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow with the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School (2006-07) and a clinical instructor in the program in 2005-6.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Women Living Under Muslim Laws
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1907024158
• ISBN 13: 9781907024153
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 174
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