Women's Rights, Human Rights
Author | : J. S. Peters |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2018-05-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781317325482 |
ISBN-13 | : 1317325486 |
Rating | : 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Download or read book Women's Rights, Human Rights written by J. S. Peters and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and important volume includes contributions by activists, journalists, lawyers and scholars from twenty-one countries. The essays map the directions the movement for women's rights is taking--and will take in the coming decades--and the concomittant transformation of prevailing notions of rights and issues. They address topics such as the rapes in former Yugoslavia and efforts to see that a War Crimes Tribunal responds; domestic violence; trafficking of women into the sex trade; the persecution of lesbians; female genital mutilation; and reproductive rights.