Author : John Idriss Lahai,Khanyisela Moyo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319542027
Gender in Human Rights and Transitional Justice by John Idriss Lahai,Khanyisela Moyo Pdf
This volume counters one-sided dominant discursive representations of gender in human rights and transitional justice, and women’s place in the transformations of neoliberal human rights, and contributes a more balanced examination of how transitional justice and human rights institutions, and political institutions impact the lives and experiences of women. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the contributors to this volume theorize and historicize the place of women’s rights (and gender), situating it within contemporary country-specific political, legal, socio-cultural and global contexts. Chapters examine the progress and challenges facing women (and women’s groups) in transitioning countries: from Peru to Argentina, from Kenya to Sierra Leone, and from Bosnia to Sri Lanka, in a variety of contexts, attending especially to the relationships between local and global forces