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Category : Women
Languages : es
Pages : 228

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Author: Sara Bialostosky de Chazán
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Category : Women
Languages : es
Pages : 248

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Author: Helga Baitenmann
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 081354159X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 294

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Gender discrimination pervades nearly all legal institutions and practices in Latin America. The deeper question is how this shapes broader relations of power. By examining the relationship between law and gender as it manifests itself in the Mexican legal system, the thirteen essays in this volume show how law is produced by, but also perpetuates, unequal power relations. At the same time, however, authors show how law is often malleable and can provide spaces for negotiation and redress. The contributors (including political scientists, sociologists, geographers, anthropologists, and economists) explore these issues-not only in courts, police stations, and prisons, but also in rural organizations, indigenous communities, and families. By bringing new interdisciplinary perspectives to issues such as the quality of citizenship and the rule of law in present-day Mexico, this book raises important issues for research on the relationship between law and gender more widely.

Author: Beatriz Eugenia Rodríguez Pérez, Lydia Guadalupe Ojeda Esquerra, Mayra Lizzete Vidales Quintero
Publisher: Editorial Ink
ISBN: 6077374288
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 143

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Author: Carmen Diana Deere
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 9780822972327
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516

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The expansion of married women's property rights was a main achievement of the first wave of feminism in Latin America. As Carmen Diana Deeere and Magdalena Leon reveal, however, the disjuncture between rights and actual ownership remains vast. This is particularly true in rural areas, where the distribution of land between men and women is highly unequal. In their pioneering, twelve-country comparative study, the authors argue that property ownership is directly related to womenÆs bargaining power within the household and community, point out changes resulting from recent gender-progressive legislation, and identify additional areas for future reform, including inheritance rights of wives.

Author: Elsa Gómez Gómez
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789275115411
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Author: Philip L. Russell
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 1837690200
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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Gender Inequality - Issues, Challenges and New Perspectives brings together advancements and empirical studies on gender studies from different parts of the world. Focusing on issues, challenges, and new perspectives on gender (in)equalities in multiple spheres and multiple countries, the book is an interdisciplinary and international compilation of studies on gender that also offers insight into future directions for the field. The book will appeal to those interested in empirical and practical advancements in gender studies, particularly students, teachers, and researchers across disciplines, as well as professionals, employers, and practitioners who are working towards addressing gender inequalities across the world.

Author: University of Texas. Library. Latin American Collection
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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 700

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Author: Susan Franceschet
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137590742
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 751

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This Palgrave Handbook provides a definitive account of women’s political rights across all major regions of the world, focusing both on women’s right to vote and women’s right to run for political office. This dual focus makes this the first book to combine historical overviews of debates about enfranchising women alongside analyses of more contemporary efforts to increase women’s political representation around the globe. Chapter authors map and assess the impact of these groundbreaking reforms, providing insight into these dynamics in a wide array of countries where women’s suffrage and representation have taken different paths and led to varying degrees of transformation. On the eve of many countries celebrating a century of women’s suffrage, as well as record numbers of women elected and appointed to political office, this timely volume offers an important introduction to ongoing developments related to women’s political empowerment worldwide. It will be of interest to students and scholars across the fields of gender and politics, women’s studies, history and sociology.