Local action, global change : a handbook on women's human rights

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Local action, global change : a handbook on women's human rights

Julie A. Mertus and Nancy Flowers

Paradigm, c2008

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-341) and index

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This handbook on women's human rights is an integrated set of fourteen teaching and learning units. Together, they are designed to identify key issues in women's human rights, define concepts, outline different methodologies for achieving women's human rights, and offer a wide range of activities to facilitate teaching, learning, and discussion of women's human rights challenges. Included in every chapter are a statement of key objectives, background information, discussion questions, special issue boxes, strategies and examples for taking action, and learning activities. Also included are key UN documents and international law bearing on women's human rights. Handouts, checklists, assessment forms, and activist organizations round out the range of reference materials provided. User-friendly, jargon-free, authoritative, and packed with hands-on information, the handbook is an essential resource for anyone working in the field, human rights professionals, scholars, students, and activists.

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Prologue
  • Chapter 1 Introduction to Women's Human Rights
  • Chapter 2 Women's Human Rights to Equality and Nondiscrimination
  • Chapter 3 Women's Human Rights in the Family
  • Chapter 4 The Human Rights of Young Women and Girls
  • Chapter 5 Women's Human Right to Health
  • Chapter 6 Women's Human Rights to Reproduction and Sexuality
  • Chapter 7 Women's Human Right to Freedom from Violence
  • Chapter 8 Women's Human Right to an Adequate Standard of Living
  • Chapter 9 Women's Human Rights and Globalization
  • Chapter 10 Women's Human Rights and Work
  • Chapter 11 Women's Human Right to Education
  • Chapter 12 Women's Human Rights in Politics, Public Life, and the Media
  • Chapter 13 Human Rights of Refugee, Displaced, and War-Affected Women
  • Chapter 14 The Road Ahead: Local Action and Global Change

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