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The law is a well-known tool in fighting gender inequality, but
which laws actually advance women's rights? This book unpacks the
complex nuances behind gender-responsive domestic legislation, from
several of the world's leading experts on gender equality. Drawing
on domestic examples and international law, it provides a primer of
theory alongside tangible and practical solutions to fulfil the
promise of the law to deliver equality between men and women. Part
I outlines what progress has been made to date on eradicating
gender inequality, and insights into the law's potential as one
lever in the global struggle for equality. Parts II and III go on
to explore concrete areas of law, with case studies from multiple
jurisdictions that examine how well domestic legislation is working
for women. The authors bring their critical lens to areas of law
often considered from a gender perspective - gender-based violence,
women's reproductive health, labour and gender equality quotas -
while bringing much-needed analysis to issues often ignored in
gender debates, such as taxation, environmental justice and good
governance. Part IV seeks to move from a theoretical goal of
greater accountability to a practical one. It explores both
accountability for international women's rights norms at the
domestic level and the potential of feminist approaches to
legislation to deliver laws that work for women. Written for
students, academics, legislators and policymakers engaged in
international women's rights law, gender equality, government
accountability and feminist legal theory, this book has tremendous
transformative potential to drive forward legal change towards the
eradication of gender inequality.
The law is a well-known tool in fighting gender inequality, but
which laws actually advance women's rights? This book unpacks the
complex nuances behind gender-responsive domestic legislation, from
several of the world's leading experts on gender equality. Drawing
on domestic examples and international law, it provides a primer of
theory alongside tangible and practical solutions to fulfil the
promise of the law to deliver equality between men and women. Part
I outlines what progress has been made to date on eradicating
gender inequality, and insights into the law's potential as one
lever in the global struggle for equality. Parts II and III go on
to explore concrete areas of law, with case studies from multiple
jurisdictions that examine how well domestic legislation is working
for women. The authors bring their critical lens to areas of law
often considered from a gender perspective - gender-based violence,
women's reproductive health, labour and gender equality quotas -
while bringing much-needed analysis to issues often ignored in
gender debates, such as taxation, environmental justice and good
governance. Part IV seeks to move from a theoretical goal of
greater accountability to a practical one. It explores both
accountability for international women's rights norms at the
domestic level and the potential of feminist approaches to
legislation to deliver laws that work for women. Written for
students, academics, legislators and policymakers engaged in
international women's rights law, gender equality, government
accountability and feminist legal theory, this book has tremendous
transformative potential to drive forward legal change towards the
eradication of gender inequality.
Sex, Slavery and the Trafficked Woman is a go-to text for readers
who seek a comprehensive overview of the meaning of 'human
trafficking' and current debates and perspectives on the issue. It
presents a more nuanced understanding of human trafficking and its
victims by examining - and challenging - the conventional
assumptions that sit at the heart of mainstream approaches to the
topic. A pioneering study, the arguments made in this book are
largely drawn from the author's fieldwork in Ukraine, Vietnam and
Ghana. The author demonstrates to readers how a law enforcement and
criminal justice-oriented approach to trafficking has developed at
the expense of a migration and human rights perspective. She
highlights the importance of viewing trafficking within a broad
spectrum of migratory movement. The author contests the coerced,
female victim archetype as stereotypical and challenges the reader
to understand trafficking in an alternative manner, introducing the
counterintuitive concept of the 'voluntary victim'. Overall, this
text provides readers of migration and development, gender studies,
women's rights and international law a comprehensive and
multidisciplinary analysis of the concept of trafficking.
Sex, Slavery and the Trafficked Woman is a go-to text for readers
who seek a comprehensive overview of the meaning of 'human
trafficking' and current debates and perspectives on the issue. It
presents a more nuanced understanding of human trafficking and its
victims by examining - and challenging - the conventional
assumptions that sit at the heart of mainstream approaches to the
topic. A pioneering study, the arguments made in this book are
largely drawn from the author's fieldwork in Ukraine, Vietnam and
Ghana. The author demonstrates to readers how a law enforcement and
criminal justice-oriented approach to trafficking has developed at
the expense of a migration and human rights perspective. She
highlights the importance of viewing trafficking within a broad
spectrum of migratory movement. The author contests the coerced,
female victim archetype as stereotypical and challenges the reader
to understand trafficking in an alternative manner, introducing the
counterintuitive concept of the 'voluntary victim'. Overall, this
text provides readers of migration and development, gender studies,
women's rights and international law a comprehensive and
multidisciplinary analysis of the concept of trafficking.
Too much attention is paid to the absence of women leaders around
the world rather than their presence, leaving a gap in our
understanding of the difference women leaders make on the lives of
fellow women. The Woman President presents a unique comparative
study of women's leadership and the law, offering new ways for
understanding the impact of female presidential leadership on
women's everyday lives by analysing the legal legacies of four
women presidents: Corazon Aquino (1986-1992), Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo (2001-2010), Megawati Sukarnoputri (2001-2004), and
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (1994-2005). It uses a new and
innovative methodology, the Gender Legislative Index, to score laws
enacted during these four tenures from a women's rights
perspective. The findings challenge and expand our understanding of
what constitutes a woman's issue, bringing within its gendered
analysis labour law reform, democracy, anti-corruption,
poverty-alleviation, and pro-peace interventions, alongside more
oft-considered terrain such as gender-based violence, reproductive
rights, gender equality quotas, and women's rights at work. This
book also offers important insights into the institutional and
social mechanisms that enable women leaders to lead for women,
including women's movements and global networks of women presidents
and prime ministers. The words of women leaders themselves-both
from personal interviews and speeches-bring depth to the
assessments and conclusions drawn. The Woman President offers new
tools and sharpens old ones to provide an essential comparative
contribution to our knowledge about the dynamics and impact of
female presidencies, drawing from the realities of the Asia region.
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