The Economics and Politics of Women's Rights [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women and men is much larger in developing compared with developed countries. Historically, even in countries that are now rich, women had few rights before economic development took off. Is development the cause of expanding women's rights,
Doepke, Matthias +2 more
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Women’s rights and development [PDF]
Journal of Economic Growth, 2009 Why has the expansion of women’s economic and political rights coincided with economic development? This paper investigates this question by focusing on a key economic right for women: property rights. The basic hypothesis is that the process of development (i.e., capital accumulation and declining fertility) exacerbated the tension in men’s ...
Raquel Fernandez +2 more
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Reforming the family code in Tunisia and Morocco - the struggle between religion, globalisation and democracy [PDF]
, 2010 There is no doubt that one of the most contentious terrains of contestation in the supposed clash of values between Islamism and western values is the role of women in society.
Cavatorta, Francesco, Dalmasso, Emanuela
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Women's human rights in Russia: outmoded battlegrounds, or new sites of contentious politics? [PDF]
, 2015 This article draws on three pieces of qualitative research conducted with women in provincial Russia over the last 10 years. The first section analyses women's discussions of their everyday rights claims and their engagement in “consentful” forms of ...
Turbine, Vikki
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Lesbian and bisexual women's human rights, sexual rights and sexual citizenship: negotiating sexual health in England. [PDF]
, 2011 Lesbian and bisexual women's sexual health is neglected in much Government policy and practice in England and Wales. This paper examines lesbian and bisexual women's negotiation of sexual health, drawing on findings from a small research project.
Bailey J.V. +41 more
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Who’s human? Developing sociological understandings of the rights of women raped in conflict [PDF]
, 2010 International approaches to human rights have, until recently, largely overlooked the experiences of women in conflict, displacement and crisis. Although women's human rights are progressing on paper, rape and sexual violence continues at mass levels in ...
Canning, Victoria
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Report of the Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]
, 2009 From the 21st of September to the 1st of October, 2008, the African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) in conjunction with the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), Global Fund for Women and women's right's activists from Guinea, Swaziland ...
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The State of Women's Organizations [PDF]
, 2008 What is the state of women's organizations? Who funds women's rights work? What dynamics are shaping the growth of women's organizations?To answer these questions, AWID surveyed almost 1,000 women's organizations worldwide; reviewed the literature ...
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How Do Community-based Legal Programs Work: Understanding the Process and Benefits of a Pilot Program to Advance Women's Property Rights in Uganda [PDF]
, 2011 This document presents women's property rights, especially access to land, are increasingly recognized as critical to achieving poverty reduction and gender equality.
Krista Jacobs +2 more
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Statecraft and Pursuing Women's Rights in Africa [PDF]
, 2016 This particular primer maps key areas of feminist analysis and intervention in governance. Based on existing research on the major factors that hinder women's political participation, emphasis is placed on electoral systems, political parties, quotas and
Awino Okech
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