Women's Voices, Women's Rights: Oxford Amnesty Lectures 1996 (Paperback)

Six key scholars present a feminist critique of the theory of human rights. The title of this volume, Womens' Voices, Womens' Rights, might be taken innocently to indicate its contents: a set of lectures given by women on the rights of women, on the failure to achieve those rights, and on the reasons and remedies for those failures. However, it also implies that womens' rights are not simply the extension to all members of the community of the agreed-upon rights of men. Is to speak in a woman's voice to speak in a different voice? Each lecture explores the values of Western societies, and the sources of the oppression of women within them, while many also provide a political contribution to the argument over the international context in which womens' status seems to be under constant threat. The lectures rest on a shared commitment to the dignity, humanity, and unique individuality of each human persona tenet that underpins the human rights movement, provides the moral impetus for feminism and, indeed, is the motivating force behind Amnesty International's campaigning on behalf of political prisoners world-wide. Ultimately, the contributors show us that to speak from the perspective of women, to adopt a woman's voice, is to enrich our understanding of the rights of all.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2022
Authors:	Alison Jeffries
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	146
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-21739-6
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > Young children's, early learning & special book types > Early learning / early learning concepts > General Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > Young Children's Early Learning & Special Book Types Promotions
LSN:	0-367-21739-2
Barcode:	9780367217396

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