Overview
- Provides incisive and accessible articles covering all key developments, ideas, issues, and practices in the field by leading scholars
- Offers evidence-based discussion of perennial and newer forms of violations of the human rights of women
- Includes geographically diverse perspectives and multilevel analyses to advance the human rights of women at national, regional, and international levels
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: International Human Rights (IHR)
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Table of contents (25 entries)
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Front Matter
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Theoretical Approaches and Debates
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Human Rights Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
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Gendered Civil and Political Rights
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Human Rights in Family and Private Life
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About this book
The book looks into such issues as: persistent discrimination in political and economic life; gender-based violence in public and private spheres; obstacles to reproductive and maternal human rights; threats to women human rights defenders; discrimination and violence against LGBT people; violations of women's human rights in conflict situations; and the nexus between sustainable development goals, climate change, and the human rights of women. It also addresses human rights violations in the name of culture or religion, and the challenges in realising the human rights of girls. Finally, the volume showcases effective strategies to advance the human rights of women in the form of national remedial measures and through engagement with international and regional human rights bodies and mechanisms.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Niamh Reilly is Established Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her research interests focus on the relationship between theory and practice and the role of ideas in emancipatory projects. Niamh has published widely on issues of human rights and gender; feminist political and social theory; religion in the public sphere; transnational movements and the United Nations; and women, peace, and security. Her book, Women’s Human Rights: Seeking Gender Justice in a Globalizing Age (Polity Press, 2009), was selected as an “Outstanding Academic Title for 2010” by the American Library Association/CHOICE. Niamh is coauthor of Demanding Accountability: The Global Campaign and Vienna Tribunal for Women’s Human Rights (UNIFEM 1994). Her edited collections include Religion, Gender, and the Public Sphere (Routledge 2014) (lead editor) and International Human Rights of Women (Springer, Major Reference Works, 2019).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: International Human Rights of Women
Editors: Niamh Reilly
Series Title: International Human Rights
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8905-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-8904-6Published: 08 November 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-8905-3Published: 25 October 2019
Series ISSN: 2523-8841
Series E-ISSN: 2523-885X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 483
Number of Illustrations: 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Rights, Gender Studies, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict