Gender Competent Public Law And Policies

Author : Marko Davinić,Svetislav Kostić
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783031147067

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Gender Competent Public Law and Policies by Marko Davinić,Svetislav Kostić Pdf

This book offers a new perspective on public law and public policies. The collection of papers gathered here begins with an in-depth discussion on gender perspectives in constitutional law, which can support gender justice, but also perpetuate patriarchal norms. The book then analyzes the role of the European Ombudsman in the area of gender discrimination. Despite its limited jurisdiction, this institution has become a significant complementary tool in the protection of gender equality and the elimination of gender discrimination at the EU level. Particular attention is paid to the importance of mainstreaming gender into public policies. Thus, the legal and institutional frameworks of Spain and Serbia are presented, which can serve as an inspiration to other countries. Another important aspect covered in the book is an analysis of systemic differences between the average wages of women and men in the six countries of the Western Balkans. In turn, the book presents a discussion on female genital mutilation as a highly gendered crime based on extreme versions of rigid, patriarchal ethnic and religious norms and customs. It is analyzed through the lenses of the Istanbul Convention, as a tool for combating violence against women. Particular attention is paid to femicide, its definitions, forms, and phenomenological characteristics. Having been only recently acknowledged, femicide is still characterized by an inadequate judicial response in many countries. In this regard, a special focus is on German and Serbian experiences in acknowledging femicide and combating it through various measures. Finally, the importance of stalking laws is discussed, as stalking is a highly gendered crime that many states fail to combat adequately. The collection of essays offered in this book will be of interest to all those working in the field of public law, to policymakers, and to students and academics looking to broaden and deepen their research on various issues in public law and policies from gender perspectives.

Author : Dragica Vujadinović,Mareike Fröhlich,Thomas Giegerich
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783031143601

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Gender-Competent Legal Education by Dragica Vujadinović,Mareike Fröhlich,Thomas Giegerich Pdf

Male-dominated law and legal knowledge essentially characterized the whole of pre-modern history in that the patriarchy represented the axis of social relations in both the private and public spheres. Indeed, modern and even contemporary law still have embedded elements of patriarchal heritage, even in the secular modern legal systems of Western developed countries, either within the content of legislation or in terms of its implementation and interpretation. This is true to a greater or lesser extent across legal systems, although the secular modern legal systems of the Western developed countries have made great advances in terms of gender equality. The traditional understanding of law has always been self-evidently dominated by men, but modern law and its understanding have also been more or less “malestreamed.” Therefore, it has become necessary to overcome the given “maskulinity” of legal thought. In contemporary legal and political orders, gender mainstreaming of law has been of the utmost importance for overcoming deeply and persistently embedded power relations and gender-based, unequal social relations. At the same time and equally importantly, the gender mainstreaming of legal education – to which this book aims to contribute – can help to gradually eliminate this male dominance and accompanying power relations from legal education and higher education as a whole. This open access textbook provides an overview of gender issues in all areas of law, including sociological, historical and methodological issues. Written for students and teachers around the globe, it is intended to provide both a general overview and in-depth knowledge in the individual areas of law. Relevant court decisions and case studies are supplied throughout the book.

Author : Gabriele Carapezza Figlia,Ljubinka Kovačević,Eleonor Kristoffersson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783031140921

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Gender Perspectives in Private Law by Gabriele Carapezza Figlia,Ljubinka Kovačević,Eleonor Kristoffersson Pdf

This book discusses prominent and controversial gender-related issues across the fields of family law, tort law, labour law, civil procedure law, ADR and private international law. An important critical assumption made by the authors is that the gender equality perspective has been largely neglected in several branches of private law, since scholars researching the intersection between gender and legal studies are mostly focused on public law and human rights law. In light of that, the book contributes not only to the deconstruction of gender-blind private law, but also to the development of a gender-competent analysis of the key branches of private law, starting with private international law. Gender perspective in family law is analyzed on the basis of gendered and heteronormative operations of family law with reference to the formation of legally recognized relationships, the establishment of legal parenthood, the division of marital property after a divorce, and the arrangements for post-separation parenting. Also, regulation of family matters in Indian society and the gender equality perspective from the principle of the child’s best interest are considered. As far as tort law is concerned, the book addresses compensation for damages suffered by women performing unpaid household work. Further, it contains papers dedicated to the following labour law issues: the genesis of labor law and its capacity to contribute either to worsening gender inequality in the world of work or to promoting gender equality; gender segregation in the labour market and its connection to family-friendly policies in the European Union; sexual harassment at work; and the impact of work digitalization on gender-related labour law issues. Lastly, the authors analyze gender equality in civil procedural law, as well as in mediation as a tool for encouraging the peaceful settlement of disputes. The book is intended to improve awareness of the wide range of private law issues that are important for understanding the ways in which gender inequality shapes everyday experiences, while also presenting critical considerations of the key private law instruments for achieving gender equality.

Author : Kim Rubenstein,Katharine G. Young
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 629 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107138575

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The Public Law of Gender by Kim Rubenstein,Katharine G. Young Pdf

Examines the public law of gender and equality from the perspectives of comparative constitutional law, international law and governance.

Author : Paola Profeta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108423359

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Gender Equality and Public Policy by Paola Profeta Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive and in-depth overview of how public policy is shaping gender equality in Europe.

Author : Katharine T. Bartlett,Deborah L. Rhode
Publisher : Aspen Publishers
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Equality before the law
ISBN : 0735579814

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Gender Law and Policy by Katharine T. Bartlett,Deborah L. Rhode Pdf

Author : Ivana Krstić,Marco Evola,Maria Isabel Ribes Moreno
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3031134605

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Legal Issues of International Law from a Gender Perspective by Ivana Krstić,Marco Evola,Maria Isabel Ribes Moreno Pdf

This book offers a new perspective on international law, which was, for centuries, male-dominant and gender-blind. However, this gender blindness has led to many injustices, the failure to recognize certain rights, and to impunity for serious crimes. The book examines the development of gender perspectives in various branches of international law, while also discussing and explaining certain universal standards. However, particular attention is paid to the European human rights system. Accordingly, the book provides detailed explanations of the EU's external policies in relation to sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Also, there is a special focus on the relevant jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in relation to gender and sexual orientation, female reproduction, and sexuality. The authors explain not only the importance of an adequate legal framework for combating gender inequality but also the detrimental effects of deeply rooted gender stereotypes and prejudices. Subsequently, the development of particular branches is presented, such as a gender-sensitive approach to the prevention of war crimes, gender perspectives in refugee law, and the evolution of gender-sensitive environmental law. In addition, the problematic situation of discrimination in the workplace is addressed from various perspectives. Many discussions, especially among EU member states, are reserved for the issue of women's participation in managerial boards, while the growing awareness of gender equality in international trade agreements represents another interesting topic. Lastly, the book offers a historical perspective on the development of international law in the interwar period, with a particular focus on the situation in Yugoslavia. The book critically reconsiders the dominant molds of legal knowledge and presents innovative gender-sensitive and gender-competent insights on a variety of issues in international law, in order to introduce readers to new research topics relevant to gender equality and to stimulate the development of an international legal and institutional framework for achieving greater gender equality in practice. The collection of essays presented here will be of interest to all those working in the field of international law, as well as students and academics looking to broaden and deepen their research on a range of issues in international law from gender perspectives.

Author : Susan H. Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139481267

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Constituting Equality by Susan H. Williams Pdf

Constituting Equality addresses the question, how would you write a constitution if you really cared about gender equality? The book takes a design-oriented approach to the broad range of issues that arise in constitutional drafting concerning gender equality. Each section of the book examines a particular set of constitutional issues or doctrines across a range of different countries to explore what works, where, and why. Topics include: governmental structure (particularly electoral gender quotas); rights provisions; constitutional recognition of cultural or religious practices that discriminate against women; domestic incorporation of international law; and the role of women in the process of constitution making. Interdisciplinary in orientation and global in scope, the book provides a menu for constitutional designers and others interested in how the fundamental legal order might more effectively promote gender equality.

Author : Ivana Krstić,Marco Evola,Maria Isabel Ribes Moreno
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783031134593

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Legal Issues of International Law from a Gender Perspective by Ivana Krstić,Marco Evola,Maria Isabel Ribes Moreno Pdf

This book offers a new perspective on international law, which was, for centuries, male-dominant and gender-blind. However, this gender blindness has led to many injustices, the failure to recognize certain rights, and to impunity for serious crimes. The book examines the development of gender perspectives in various branches of international law, while also discussing and explaining certain universal standards. However, particular attention is paid to the European human rights system. Accordingly, the book provides detailed explanations of the EU’s external policies in relation to sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Also, there is a special focus on the relevant jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in relation to gender and sexual orientation, female reproduction, and sexuality. The authors explain not only the importance of an adequate legal framework for combating gender inequality but also the detrimental effects of deeply rooted gender stereotypes and prejudices. Subsequently, the development of particular branches is presented, such as a gender-sensitive approach to the prevention of war crimes, gender perspectives in refugee law, and the evolution of gender-sensitive environmental law. In addition, the problematic situation of discrimination in the workplace is addressed from various perspectives. Many discussions, especially among EU member states, are reserved for the issue of women’s participation in managerial boards, while the growing awareness of gender equality in international trade agreements represents another interesting topic. Lastly, the book offers a historical perspective on the development of international law in the interwar period, with a particular focus on the situation in Yugoslavia. The book critically reconsiders the dominant molds of legal knowledge and presents innovative gender-sensitive and gender-competent insights on a variety of issues in international law, in order to introduce readers to new research topics relevant to gender equality and to stimulate the development of an international legal and institutional framework for achieving greater gender equality in practice. The collection of essays presented here will be of interest to all those working in the field of international law, as well as students and academics looking to broaden and deepen their research on a range of issues in international law from gender perspectives.

Author : Dragica Vujadinović,Antonio Álvarez del Cuvillo,Susanne Strand
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783031147814

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Feminist Approaches to Law by Dragica Vujadinović,Antonio Álvarez del Cuvillo,Susanne Strand Pdf

This book raises awareness about gender perspective in political and legal theories and historical analysis. The impacts of feminist political and legal theories, as well as critical legal studies, have been embedded in all the papers in different ways and degrees. Differences among feminist political and legal ideas are visible in the different approaches. The ongoing issue of defining gender, for example, is a recurring theme in the texts. Some papers question the binary basis of the gender issue and the notion of gender as such, while others start from the binary dichotomy and attempt to expand the consideration towards a multi-dimensional understanding of gender identities. The main focus is on a feminist reconsideration of all relevant fields of legal knowledge. The primary aim is to demystify the seemingly neutral character of legal norms and legal knowledge and highlight the power relations at different layers, beginning with male and female legal subjects of Western heredity (in terms of culture, ethnicity, and race), then moving on to different needs and power relations among female persons of different races and classes, and finally addressing differentiating gender relations and identities beyond the framework of the women-men binary codification, i.e., also taking into consideration the multiple options of intersex, transgender, queering, etc. Taking seriously the issue of the “maleness” of political and legal theories is indeed a challenging and relevant endeavor for legal scholars. The male bias is present not only throughout history but also in the present, given that our “universal” categories of political and legal thought are still overburdened by unequal power relations. It is also important to open our minds and knowledge production for a gender-sensitive and gender-competent intersectional approach, which would also include various queer-, race- and class-based considerations. These tasks should be of interest not only to critical legal scholars but also all those belonging to mainstream legal and political thought.

Author : Lorenzo Cotula
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9251055637

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Gender and Law by Lorenzo Cotula Pdf

Women constitute a large portion of the economically active population engaged in agriculture. International instruments on human rights, the environment and sustainable development reaffirm the principle of non-discrimination on the basis of sex or gender. Yet women often face gendered obstacles in realizing their rights and feeding their families. The right to an adequate standard of living, including adequate food, may thus not be fulfilled. These obstacles may stem from directly or indirectly discriminatory norms or from entrenched socio-cultural practices, or both. This study analyses the gender dimension of agriculture-related legislation in a selection of different countries around the world, examining the legal status of women in three key areas: rights to land and other natural resources; rights of women agricultural workers; and rights concerning women's agricultural self-employment activities, ranging from women's status in rural cooperatives to their access to credit, training and extension services.

Author : OECD,Center of Arab Woman for Training and Research
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264224636

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Women in Public Life Gender, Law and Policy in the Middle East and North Africa by OECD,Center of Arab Woman for Training and Research Pdf

This report provides a comparative overview of the policies affecting women’s participation in public life across the MENA region. It examines the existing barriers to women’s access to public decision-making positions, and provides a cross-country assessment of current instruments and institutions.

Author : Birgit Englert,Elizabeth Daley
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847016119

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Women's Land Rights & Privatization in Eastern Africa by Birgit Englert,Elizabeth Daley Pdf

Are women's fragile land rights in Africa being eroded in a period of privatisation and land reforms sponsored by the World Bank? Changing global employment and trade patters and the HIV/AIDS epidemic has affected women in particular. A complexity is that women's and men's interests within households are both joint and separate, yet many land reform programmes are based on the notion of a unitary household in which resources benefit the whole family. Today new land market opportunities also tend to put women at a disadvantage, just as they were under colonialism. Women's secondary rights to land are being extinguished. The detailed, local level research in this volume not only challenges the status quo, but demonstrates that another world is possible and documents the many ways women in Eastern Africa are finding to ensure their rights to land.

Author : Hennie Strydom,Joanna Botha
Publisher : African Sun Media
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781928480792

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Select Essays on Governance and Accountability Issues in Public Law by Hennie Strydom,Joanna Botha Pdf

The essays in this book, authored by academics from the Faculties of Law at the University of Johannesburg and Nelson Mandela University respectively, emanate from a joint research project and conference arranged by the Faculties in 2018. The essays focus on public law issues impacting on governance and accountability in South African law and in international and regional law, but with a specific focus on problems afflicting the African continent.

Author : John Devaney,Caroline Bradbury-Jones,Rebecca J. Macy,Carolina Øverlien,Stephanie Holt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 895 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000358469

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The Routledge International Handbook of Domestic Violence and Abuse by John Devaney,Caroline Bradbury-Jones,Rebecca J. Macy,Carolina Øverlien,Stephanie Holt Pdf

This book makes an important contribution to the international understanding of domestic violence and shares the latest knowledge of what causes and sustains domestic violence between intimate partners, as well as the effectiveness of responses in working with adult and child victims, and those who act abusively towards their partners. Drawing upon a wide range of contemporary research from across the globe, it recognises that domestic violence is both universal, but also shaped by local cultures and contexts. Divided into seven parts: • Introduction. • Theoretical perspectives on domestic violence and abuse. • Domestic violence and abuse across the life-course. • Manifestations of domestic violence and abuse. • Responding to domestic violence and abuse. • Researching domestic violence and abuse. • Concluding thoughts. It will be of interest to all academics and students working in social work, allied health, sociology, criminology and gender studies as well as policy professionals looking for new approaches to the subject.