Buch
Sammelband
Feminist Advocacy, Family Law and Violence Against Women : International Perspectives
Herausgegeben von:
Afkhami, Mahnaz ; Ertürk, Yakin ; Mayer, Ann Elizabeth
London ; New York:
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
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2019
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267 S. S.
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| Einrichtung: | TERRE DES FEMMES | Berlin |
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| Signatur: | P 01 241 |
| Herausgegeben von: | Afkhami, Mahnaz ; Ertürk, Yakin ; Mayer, Ann Elizabeth |
| Jahr: | 2019 |
| ISBN: | 1138344931 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Around the world, discriminatory legislation prevents women from accessing their human rights. It can affect almost every aspect of a womans life, including the right to choose a partner, inherit property, hold a job, and obtain child custody. Often referred to as family law, these laws have contributed to discrimination and to the justification of genderbased violence globally. This book demonstrates how women across the world are contributing to legal reform, helping to shape non-discriminatory policies, and to counter current legal and social justifications for gender-based violence.\[W9]\The book provides case studies from Brazil, India, Iran, Lebanon, Nigeria, Palestine, Senegal, and Turkey, using them to demonstrate the varied history of family law and the wide variety of issues impacting womens equality in legislation.\[W9]\Interviews with prominent womens rights activists in three additional countries are also included, giving personal accounts of the successes and failures of past reform efforts. Overall, the book provides a complex global picture of current trends and strategies in the fight for a more egalitarian society.\[W9]\These findings come at a critical moment for change. Across the globe, family law issues are contentious. We are simultaneously witnessing an increased demand for womens equality and the resurgence of fundamentalist forces that impede reform, invoking rules rooted in tradition, culture, and interpretations of religious texts. The outcome of these disputes has enormous ramifications for womens roles in the family and society. This book tackles these complexities head on, and will interest activists, practitioners, students, and scholars working on womens rights and gender-based violence. | |
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