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The economics and politics of women's rights [PDF]
, 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 to developed countries.
Alessandra Voena +39 more
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Rethinking Dignity and Exploitation in Human Trafficking and Sex Workers’ Rights Cases
SocietiesAs forced migration increases dramatically due to such factors as climate change, rising conflict, and authoritarianism, more legal cases on human trafficking and sex work are sure to arise.
William Paul Simmons
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'Woman, but not human': widowhood practices and human rights violations in Nigeria [PDF]
, 2013 This article examines the implications of widowhood practices for the enjoyment of women’s fundamental rights and freedoms in Nigeria. The article discusses the effects of socio-cultural and legal structures of Nigeria for gender equality.
E. Durojaye, Williams
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“Are women’s rights human rights? A view on women’s political participation in Vietnam [PDF]
International Journal of Development and Sustainability, 2013 This paper tries to examine whether women’s rights are human rights by looking at the case of women’s political participation in Vietnam. Beginning with the concept of private life and public life which are defined separately for women and men by the ...
Trung, P.T.
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On Becoming Human and Being Humane: Human Rights, Women’s Rights, Species Rights
ReligionsThis essay focuses on the nexus of vulnerability and rights. It argues that in transforming vulnerability from a stigma that alienated women from their humanity to the signature of human dignity, women bridged the gap between the liberatory promise of ...
Debra Bergoffen
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The Rights and Role of Indigenous Women in The Climate Change Regime
Arctic Review on Law and Politics, 2017 Climate change has direct and indirect consequences for individuals and their human rights (McInerney-Lankford et al. 2011). With the Arctic warming at twice the global rate, its inhabitants already experience many of these challenges.
Tahnee Lisa Prior, Leena Heinämäki
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Universal Women\u27s Rights Since 1970: The Centrality of Autonomy and Agency [PDF]
, 2011 This article reviews the development of universal women’s human rights since 1970. It begins by discussing how the international feminist movement influenced the development of women’s legal human rights, and continues by reviewing three debates in the ...
Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda E.
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Dimethyl fumarate (DMF) reduces growth of HPV‐positive cervical cancer spheroids and induces ferroptosis in cervical cancer cells via blocking SLC7A11/Glutathione (GSH) axis. Combination of subcytotoxic doses of DMF and cisplatin (CDDP) further suppresses spheroid growth and drives cell death in 2D culture models.
Carolina Punziano +6 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Cytarabine is a key therapy for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), but its efficacy is limited by the dNTPase SAMHD1, which hydrolyses its active metabolite. Screening nucleotide biosynthesis inhibitors revealed that IMPDH inhibitors selectively sensitise SAMHD1‐proficient AML cells to cytarabine.
Miriam Yagüe‐Capilla +9 more
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The Journey of Women from Victim to Peace-Maker: Women, Insurgency and Northeast India
Space and Culture, India, 2018 The sufferings of women in any insurgency movement have been the focus of many women's rights and human rights groups in present times. Studies have demonstrated that women have to suffer pain as mothers, sisters, daughters, caregivers and victims during
Piyali Dutta
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