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Amnesty International and Women's Rights: Feminist Strategies, Leadership Commitment and Internal Resistances
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Abstract Amnesty International's (AI) focus on civil and political rights has marked their work with a gender bias from the outset. In the first comprehensive look at AI's work on women's rights, the author illustrates the development of their activities regarding women's rights issues over twenty years. Thr... view more
Amnesty International's (AI) focus on civil and political rights has marked their work with a gender bias from the outset. In the first comprehensive look at AI's work on women's rights, the author illustrates the development of their activities regarding women's rights issues over twenty years. Through interviews with staff members and activists and unprecedented access to archive material from the Swiss and the German AI sections, she shows how women activists strategized to make AI increase its work on women's rights. Additionally, the book demonstrates that, despite the leadership's commitment to the Stop Violence Against Women campaign, internal resistance hampered the integration of women's rights into the organization's overall work.... view less
Keywords
Amnesty International; woman; human rights; civil rights; non-governmental organization; international organization; organizational structure
Classification
Law
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Free Keywords
Human Rights Organizations; Law; Networks; Social Movements; Women's Rights
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
318 p.
Series
Edition Politik, 128
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839460085
ISBN
978-3-8394-6008-5
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed