| Women's Rights: A Human Rights Quarterly Reader Contributor(s): Lockwood, Bert B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0801883741 ISBN-13: 9780801883743 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $36.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: This interdisciplinary collection from the Human Rights Quarterly brings together in a single volume nineteen of the most compelling articles written on women's human rights issues. For the past twenty-five years, Human Rights Quarterly has been a leading publisher of important work in human rights research, exploring the fundamental nature of human rights as defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. By providing decision makers with insight into complex human rights issues, the journal helps to define national and international human rights policy. This special issue focuses specifically on the challenges that women face and the efforts by individuals and organizations alike to ensure the protection of women under international law. The articles are organized into five sections that discuss the history and evolution of women's human rights, religion, violence, economic rights, and reproductive rights. The essays address such topics as the rights of Middle Eastern women, rape camps in the former Yugoslavia, and abortion law in Ireland. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Comparative Politics - Social Science | Gender Studies - Science | Life Sciences - Biology |
| Dewey: 305.42 |
| LCCN: 2005937240 |
| Physical Information: 1.47" H x 6.06" W x 8.92" (2.07 lbs) 704 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This interdisciplinary collection from the Human Rights Quarterly brings together in a single volume nineteen of the most compelling articles written on women's human rights issues. For the past twenty-five years, Human Rights Quarterly has been a leading publisher of important work in human rights research, exploring the fundamental nature of human rights as defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. By providing decision makers with insight into complex human rights issues, the journal helps to define national and international human rights policy. This special issue focuses specifically on the challenges that women face and the efforts by individuals and organizations alike to ensure the protection of women under international law. The articles are organized into five sections that discuss the history and evolution of women's human rights, religion, violence, economic rights, and reproductive rights. The essays address such topics as the rights of Middle Eastern women, rape camps in the former Yugoslavia, and abortion law in Ireland. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lockwood, Bert B.: - Bert B. Lockwood is Editor-in-Chief of Human Rights Quarterly and a professor of law and Director of the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. |