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International Human Rights of Women

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  • © 2020

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Editors:
  1. Niamh Reilly

    1. School of Political Science and Sociology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

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  • 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

Part of the book series: International Human Rights (IHR)

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Table of contents (25 entries)

  1. Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Adolescents in Africa

    • Ebenezer Durojaye

  2. Disability, Domestic Violence, and Human Rights

    • Paul Harpur, Heather Douglas

  3. Electoral Quotas and Women’s Rights

    • Claire McGing

  4. Female Forced Migrants: Accountability Gaps in International Criminal Law

    • Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Danielle DerOhannesian

  5. Gender Discrimination in Nationality Laws: Human Rights Pathways to Gender Neutrality

    • Laura van Waas, Zahra Albarazi, Deirdre Brennan

  6. Gender Equality and the European Convention on Human Rights

    • Sandra Fredman

  7. Human Rights Responses to Violence against Women

    • Sheila Dauer

  8. International Law and Child Marriage

    • Ruth Gaffney-Rhys

  9. Islam, Law, and Human Rights of Women in Malaysia

    • K. Steiner

  10. Securing the Social and Economic Rights of Women in Economic Policy Making

    • Diane Elson

  11. Sex Trafficking and International Law

    • Heather Smith-Cannoy

  12. Sexual Abuse and Exploitation by UN Peacekeepers as Conflict-Related Gender Violence

    • Valorie K. Vojdik

  13. Sexual Health and Sexual Rights

    • Susana T. Fried, Andrea Espinoza-Kim

  14. Social and Cultural Implications of ‘Honor’-Based Violence

    • Aisha K. Gill

  15. The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children

    • Attilio Pisanò

  16. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

    • Marsha A. Freeman

  17. The Human Rights of Minority and Indigenous Women

    • Silvia Gagliardi

  18. The Indivisibility of Rights and Substantive Equality for Women

    • Savitri W. E. Goonesekere

  19. UN Security Council Resolution 1325: The Example of Sierra Leone

    • Josephine A. Beoku-Betts

  20. Women and the Human Rights Paradigm in the African Context

    • S. Bawa
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About this book

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the broad spectrum of human rights issues and violations as they are experienced by women and others who experience gender-based discrimination across civil, political, social, economic, and/or cultural domains, in different regions, countries, and contexts. It offers cogent summaries of concepts, debates, and trends vital to understanding the field and informing practice to advance the human rights of women.

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 sexual rights; threats to women human rights defenders; gender discrimination and violence against LGBTQI people, minorities and people with disabilities; violations of women's human rights in contexts of conflict and migration; and the nexus between development 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

  • School of Political Science and Sociology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

    Niamh Reilly

About the editor

Niamh Reilly is Established Professor in the School of Political Science and Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her research interests focus on the gender dimensions of human rights as an international, normative, institutional, political and legal paradigm. She has published widely on issues of gender and human rights; transnational women's movements and the United Nations; religion and gender in the public sphere; women, peace and security; and feminist political theory.

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