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Global Contestations of Gender Rights
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Abstract Across the globe, a growing number of social movements, such as demonstrations in support of equal civil status or reproductive freedom and against sexualized violence, show that women's and gender rights are highly contested. Against the backdrop of a long history of unequal rights implementation, ... view more
Across the globe, a growing number of social movements, such as demonstrations in support of equal civil status or reproductive freedom and against sexualized violence, show that women's and gender rights are highly contested. Against the backdrop of a long history of unequal rights implementation, the contributors to this volume deal with the questions of why and in which ways gender equality has become contested in various political contexts. Local case studies examine the relevant structural, institutional, and socio-cultural causes of the global challenges to equality. This book follows an interdisciplinary approach and unites scholars from law, linguistics, cultural studies, history, social sciences, and gender studies in diverse contexts.... view less
Keywords
intersectionality; family law; sexuality; reproduction; abortion; feminism; inequality; gender; human rights; woman; normativity; affirmative action; gender-specific factors
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Law
Free Keywords
Women's and Gender Rights; Global Perspectives; Anti-Genderism; Interdisciplinarity; Postcoloniality; Law; Politics; Gender Studies; Sociology of Law; Queer Theory
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Publisher
Bielefeld University Press
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
351 p.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839460696
ISBN
978-3-8394-6069-6
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0