Women’s Human Rights in India

Christine Forster, Jaya Sagade (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

234 Seiten

2019
Routledge India (Verlag)
978-0-367-33497-0 (ISBN)

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This book focuses on women’s human rights in India. It contextualizes women’s rights at the critical intersection of caste, religion, and class, and analyses barriers to the realization of women’s human rights in practice. It will be indispensable to students, scholars, and researchers of gender studies, sociology, law, and human rights.

This book focuses on women’s human rights in India. Drawing on case studies, it provides a clear overview of the key sources on gender and rights in the country. Further, it contextualizes women’s rights at the critical intersection of caste, religion and class, and analyses barriers to the realization of women’s human rights in practice. It also develops strategies for moving forward towards greater recognition, protection, promotion and fulfilment of women’s human rights in India.

Drawing on critical pedagogical tools to analyse groundbreaking court cases, this book will be a key text in human rights studies. It will be indispensable to students, scholars and researchers of gender studies, sociology, law and human rights.

Christine Forster is Associate Professor in Law, University of New South Wales, Australia, where she teaches torts, health and medical law and women’s human rights. Her areas of research include women’s human rights, CEDAW, gender equality laws and violence against women (particularly in the Asia Pacific). Jaya Sagade is Director of the Women’s Studies Centre at ILS Law College, Pune, where she was the vice-principal and taught Women and the Law and Family Law for 32 years. Her areas of research are violence against women, gender equality, women’s human rights and CEDAW. She has a range of publications in these areas.

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Sources of Women’s Human Rights Chapter 3: Women’s Human Rights Theories Chapter 4: Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination Chapter 5: Right to a Life Free from Violence Chapter 6: Right to Equality in Marriage and Family Relationships Chapter 7: Right to Political Representation and Participation Chapter 8: Right to Economic Empowerment Chapter 9: Conclusion: Looking Forward

Erscheinungsdatum	02.09.2019
Zusatzinfo	17 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	349 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-367-33497-6 / 0367334976
ISBN-13	978-0-367-33497-0 / 9780367334970
Zustand	Neuware