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Confronting the patriarchal origins and male-dominated institutions
of international law, over the last several decades serious
thinking about gender and international law has developed into a
flourishing discourse within its host discipline. From the lecture
theatres and conferences of academia to the corridors of
international institutions frequented by non-governmental
organizations, diplomats, and the bureaucrats of international
institutions, gender issues are now placed firmly on the
international-law agenda. Indeed, scholarship on gender and
international law is now an important and dynamic area of critique
that continues to challenge the failures of the political, legal,
and institutional frameworks of international law. As research in
gender and international law continues to flourish, this new
four-volume collection from Routledge's Critical Concepts in Law
series brings together the most influential scholarship to date,
gathering foundational and canonical theoretical work, together
with innovative and cutting-edge applications and interventions. It
provides an understanding of the development of the field of gender
and international law, as well as highlighting areas of
thought-provoking research to stimulate future developments in the
field. The first volume in the collection ('Defining Gender and
International Law') assembles key works to illustrate the
development of the field and provide users with a clear
understanding of the concepts, methods, and theoretical
underpinnings of gender and international law. Volume II ('Doing
Gender and International Law: Actors and Institutions') brings
gender and international law to life as an action-orientated field,
theoretically sophisticated, but focused on and contributing to
changes in how international and national law-makers treat gendered
issues. Volume III ('Key Legal Themes in Gender and International
Law') provides an overview of the different legal themes that have
engaged scholars analysing international law from feminist,
women-centred, or gendered perspectives. The scholarship assembled
in the final volume ('Critical Movements and Emerging Issues in
Gender and International Law') collects work that encourages
critical reflections about gendered analyses of contemporary issues
in international law. It also highlights where increased attention
is needed, or where current approaches by feminist international
legal scholars might require further scrutiny. With a full index,
together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the
learned editors, which places the collected material in its
historical and intellectual context, Gender and International Law
is an essential work of reference and will be welcomed by
researchers, advanced students, practitioners, and policy-makers.
Sexual rules and regulations are among society's oldest yet it is
only in recent decades that this once-stigmatized field has become
the focus of scholarly attention. This volume, which includes some
of the most thought-provoking and hard-to-find essays in the field,
covers a diverse range of topics from sexual orientation and gender
identity to intersexuality and commercial sex, and from HIV/AIDS
and trafficking to polygamy. Through historical, political and
critical-theoretical lenses, and through a global focus, the
selections ask how we conceptualize the groups and acts subjected
to sexual regulation and how regulations in the field implicate and
produce understandings of sexuality and identity. By placing this
variety of works together, Sexuality and Equality Law invites fresh
insights into commonalities and synergies across regulatory arenas
that are often isolated from one another. The volume's introduction
situates all of these works in the broader field and offers readers
an extensive bibliography.
This volume draws on several decades of advocacy for law reform to
advance gender equality. The essays illustrate the evolution of
dominant theoretical approaches and trace their application to core
issues, such as the meaning of gender, family formation and roles,
equality in the workplace, reproductive rights and violence. The
selections are international in their range and include recent
works that summarize foundational discussions as well as less
well-known articles and essays which capture defining issues with
enduring resonance. Taken together, these articles form the basis
for discussions of recurring themes such as: how best to define and
account for biological, social or cultural differences based on
gender; how the law can recognize historic and ongoing gender
subordination while supporting individuals' autonomy and agency;
and the nature and role of women's sexuality. They exemplify the
ongoing dialectic between well-intentioned reform and unintended
consequences that characterizes ongoing efforts to advance equality
based on gender.
An innovative collaboration between academics, practitioners,
activists and artists, this timely and provocative book rewrites 16
significant Scots law cases, spanning a range of substantive
topics, from a feminist perspective. Exposing power, politics and
partiality, feminist judges provide alternative accounts that bring
gender equity concerns to the fore, whilst remaining bound by the
facts and legal authorities encountered by the original court.
Paying particular attention to Scotland's distinctive national
identity, fluctuating experiences of political sovereignty, and
unique legal traditions and institutions, this book contributes in
a distinctive register to the emerging dialogue amongst feminist
judgment projects across the globe. Its judgments address concerns
not only about gender equality, but also about the interplay
between gender, class, national identity and citizenship in
contemporary Scotland. The book also showcases unique contributions
from leading artists which, provoked by the enterprise of feminist
judging, or by individual cases, offer a visceral and affective
engagement with the legal. The book will be of interest to
academics, practitioners and students of Scots law, policy-makers,
as well as to scholars of feminist and critical theory, and law and
gender, internationally.
Gender equality goals are cited in the national development
policies and economic strategies of Azerbaijan. The country gender
assessment included interviews with women in the communities who
shared their stories and insights on how projects of the Asian
Development Bank and other social interventions have improved their
lives. The results of the assessment call for a more strategic
focus to integrate Azerbaijan's gender concerns into programs and
operations to ensure continued progress toward gender equality and
women's empowerment.
ADB initiates CGAs to map key gender equality issues, focusing on
sectors supported by ADB funding. This is the second CGA for the
Kyrgyz Republic, following the first one published in 2005.
Providing key recommendations for future planning in different
sectors, it can be of primary interest to development partners
designing or undertaking projects in the Kyrgyz Republic and the
Central Asia region.
Armenia has made steady improvements in gender equality over the
years through a strategic focus on integrating gender concerns into
operations of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the country. This
report also examines the challenges of mainstreaming gender
equality and promoting women's empowerment in ADB programs and
projects. Developed in cooperation with the government and other
partners, this country gender assessment identifies gender entry
points to improve gender equality outcomes and ultimately intends
to be a guide in developing and implementing policies, programs,
and projects with a social and gender perspective.
It seems unthinkable that citizens of one of the most powerful
nations in the world must risk their lives and livelihoods in the
search for access to necessary health care. And yet it is no
surprise that in many places throughout the United States, getting
an abortion can be a monumental challenge. Anti-choice politicians
and activists have worked tirelessly to impose needless
restrictions on this straightforward medical procedure that, at
best, delay it and, at worst, create medical risks and deny women
their constitutionally protected right to choose. Obstacle Course
tells the story of abortion in America, capturing a disturbing
reality of insurmountable barriers people face when trying to
exercise their legal rights to medical services. Authors David S.
Cohen and Carole Joffe lay bare the often arduous and unnecessarily
burdensome process of terminating a pregnancy: the sabotaged
decision-making, clinics in remote locations, insurance bans,
harassing protesters, forced ultrasounds and dishonest medical
information, arbitrary waiting periods, and unjustified procedure
limitations. Based on patients' stories as well as interviews with
abortion providers and allies from every state in the country,
Obstacle Course reveals the unstoppable determination required of
women in the pursuit of reproductive autonomy as well as the
incredible commitment of abortion providers. Without the efforts of
an unheralded army of medical professionals, clinic administrators,
counselors, activists, and volunteers, what is a legal right would
be meaningless for the almost one million people per year who get
abortions. There is a better way-treating abortion like any other
form of health care-but the United States is a long way from that
ideal.
Gender quotas are a controversial policy measure. However, over the
past twenty years they have been widely adopted around the world
and especially in Europe. They are now used in politics, corporate
boards, state and local public administration and even in civil
society organizations. This book explores this unprecedented
phenomenon, providing a unique comparative perspective on gender
quotas' adoption across thirteen European countries. It also
studies resistance to gender quotas by political parties and
supreme courts. Providing up-to-date comprehensive data on gender
quotas regulations, Transforming Gender Citizenship proposes a
typology of countries, from those which have embraced gender quotas
as a new way to promote gender equality in all spheres of social
life, to those who have consistently refused gender quotas as a
tool for gender equality. Reflecting on divergences and
commonalities across Europe, the authors analyze how gender quotas
may transform dominant conception of citizenship and gender
equality.
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