Author: Charter of Rights Coalition (B.C.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discrimination
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Women's Equality and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Author: Charter of Rights Coalition (B.C.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discrimination
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Women's Equality and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Author: Canadian Charter Equality Rights for Women
Author: Gwen BrodskyThe Declaration of the Rights of Women
Author: Olympe de GougesPublisher: Ilex Press
ISBN: 1781575932
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Olympe de Gouges was the most important fighter for women's rights you've never heard of. An activist and writer in revolutionary Paris, she published 'The Declaration of the Rights of Women' in 1791, and was beheaded two years later, her articulate demands for equality proving too much for their time. Over one hundred and fifty years later, the key statements of her declaration were internationally endorsed by the United Nations in its Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, which in turn went on to be legally recognized by nearly every country in the world. This volume presents both of these key texts along with enlightening and inspiring commentary from a host of powerful women, from Virginia Woolf to Hillary Clinton.
Rights and Wrongs
Author: Susan Cary NicholasPublisher: Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN: 9780935312423
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
This second edition text provides an update on issues pertinent to women's legal status in the U.S. Highlighted are discussions of the ERA, sexual harassment and domestic violence, sex based discrimination, affirmative action and the equal pay for work of comparable worth concept.
Feminism, Law, Inclusion
Author: Gayle Michelle MacDonaldPublisher: Canadian Scholars’ Press
ISBN: 1894549457
Category : Feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The contributions to this collection are written by legal advocates, community activists and legal scholars. The ten essays examine theories of intersectionality to demonstrate how race, class, sexual orientation, gender and identity have been integrated into legal scholarship and activism in an attempt to shape legal policy and practice.
The Constitution Act, 1982
Author: CanadaA Fearful Freedom
Author: Wendy KaminerPublisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Women's Human Rights
Author: Susan Deller RossPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812200020
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
According to Susan Deller Ross, many human rights advocates still do not see women's rights as human rights. Yet women in many countries suffer from laws, practices, customs, and cultural and religious norms that consign them to a deeply inferior status. Advocates might conceive of human rights as involving torture, extrajudicial killings, or cruel and degrading treatment—all clearly in violation of international human rights—and think those issues irrelevant to women. Yet is female genital mutilation, practiced on millions of young girls and even infants, not a gross violation of human rights? When a family decides to murder a daughter in the name of "honor," is that not an extrajudicial killing? When a husband rapes or savagely beats his wife, knowing the legal authorities will take no action on her behalf, is that not cruel and degrading treatment? Women's Human Rights is the first human rights casebook to focus specifically on women's human rights. Rich with interdisciplinary material, the book advances the study of the deprivation and violence women suffer due to discriminatory laws, religions, and customs that deny them their most fundamental freedoms. It also provides present and future lawyers the legal tools for change, demonstrating how human rights treaties can be used to obtain new laws and court decisions that protect women against discrimination with respect to employment, land ownership, inheritance, subordination in marriage, domestic violence, female genital mutilation, polygamy, child marriage, and the denial of reproductive rights. Ross examines international and regional human rights treaties in depth, including treaty language and the jurisprudence and general interpretive guidelines developed by human rights bodies. By studying how international human rights law has been and can be implemented at the domestic level through local courts and legislatures, readers will understand how to call upon these newly articulated human rights to help bring about legislation, court decisions, and executive action that protect women from human rights violations.
Women and the Law
Author: Ashlyn K. KuerstenPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576077004
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
A definitive overview of court decisions and legislative victories in the fight for gender equality in U.S. history. Women and the Law: Leaders, Cases, and Documents chronicles the evolution of women's rights from the Revolutionary War to the present day. Spanning the gamut of legal concepts, court decisions, justices, and organizations, this extensive reference also explores a broad range of issues from sexual harassment and spousal abuse to the gender gap in voting and the custody challenge of Baby M. Profiles of Susan B. Anthony, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anita Hill, Betty Friedan, and other activists explore their roles in bringing the issue of equal rights for women to the forefront of U.S. politics. A thorough review of key legislative acts, including the 19th Amendment, the Equal Pay Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Title IX of the Educational Amendments, and more recent rulings like the Violence against Women Act of 1994 reveals the successes, failures, and tenacious efforts of those who are fighting to achieve gender equality in the United States.