Search Results - "gender equality"

Law and the quest for gender equality / by Thornton, Margaret (Margaret Rose)

Table of Contents: “…The conundrum for gender equality. -- 9. Sex discrimination, courts and corporate power. -- 10. …”
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Equality within our lifetimes : how laws and policies can close-or widen-gender gaps in economies worldwide / by Heymann, Jody, 1959-, Sprague, Aleta, 1986-, Raub, Amy, 1981-

Table of Contents: “…Gender discrimination at work -- Equal rights at work for women must mean all women -- Why ending sexual harassment is integral to ending gender discrimination -- Putting non-discrimination into practice : improving access to justice and realizing the promise of gender equality laws -- How laws and policies reinforce gender inequality in caring for children -- How the law's neglect of caregiving across the life course fuels gender inequality -- Education : investing in girls to advance gender equality long-term -- Civil society as a powerful source for change -- Achieving gender equality in the economy in our lifetimes.…”
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From Cape Town to Kabul : rethinking strategies for pursuing women's human rights / by Andrews, Penelope

Table of Contents: “…Setting the stage : transforming women's lives -- Reconsidering women's rights -- The global legal campaign for women's rights -- Culture and women's rights : a continuing dilemma -- South Africa's constitutional project : constitutional text and constitutional jurisprudence -- Afghanistan and gender equality -- Obstacles to the pursuit of women's rights : conditional interdependence revisited.…”
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Nordic Equality and Anti-Discrimination Laws in the Throes of Change : Legal developments in Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Iceland

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Gender, judging, and the courts in Africa : selected studies /

Table of Contents: “…Jarpa Dawuni, Ph.D -- An Analysis of Gender Equality Jurisprudence by Kenyan Courts Since the Enactment of the 2010 Constitution / Nancy Baraza, Ph.D -- To win Both the Battle and the War: Judicial Determination of Property Rights of Spouses in Ghana / Maame Yaa Mensa-Bonsu and Maame A.S. …”
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Sustainable Development Goals and Human Rights.

Table of Contents: “…The Relevance of Human Rights to Sustainable Development Goal One -- The Human Rights Framework for Establishing Social Protection Floors and Achieving Universal Health Coverage -- People and Their Health Systems: The Right to Universal Health Coverage and the SDGs in Africa -- Freedom from Violence, Full Access to Resources, Equal Participation, and Empowerment: The Relevance of CEDAW for the Implementation of the SDGs -- SDGs, Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: What Prospects for Delivery? …”
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Women and the UN : a new history of women's international human rights /

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Contemporary issues in human rights law : Europe and Asia /

Table of Contents: “…The principle of non-discrimination in the European Convention on Human Rights and in EU fundamental rights law / Niels Petersen -- Women's rights and gender equality in Europe and Asia / Sara De Vido -- Guarantee of the right to freedom of speech in Japan : a comparison with doctrines in Germany / Takashi Jitsuhara -- China's development banks in Asia : a human rights perspective / Matthias Vanhullebusch.…”
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Climate-related human mobility in Asia and the Pacific : interdisciplinary rights-based approaches /

Table of Contents: “…Social Impact of Climate-related Drought among Forest Community in Northern Thailand -- Chapter 4: Sensitization of Disaster Relief Operations on Persons with Disabilities -- Chapter 5: Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment in Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Laws, Policies and Practices in Vietnam -- Chapter 6: Establishing Human Rights Based Approach to Climate Change Induced Internal Displacement in the Regime of Bangladesh: Challenges and Way Forward -- Chapter 7: Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerabilities and its Implications to Natural Resources Management and its Implications in Bhutan Himalayas in the Context of Global Environmental Change -- Chapter 8: Climate Change-induced Disaster Displacement and Law in India: Positioning the Operationalization of Artificial Intelligence for Protecting Human Rights -- Chapter 9: Climate Change related displacement: Inter-islands & Rural-urban migration in Solomon Islands -- Chapter 10: Impact of Climate Change and Challenges in Accessing Services in the Pacific Islands -- Chapter 11: State Responsibilities and International Obligations in Responding to Climate Mobilities -- Chapter 12: Adat Communities Marginalization: Land Grabbing, Human Rights Violations, and Climate Change -- Chapter 13: Climate Change and Socio-Environmental Issues in Sri Lanka: With Reference to the Landslide-induced Relocations in Aranayake -- Chapter 14: Concluding Remarks by Editors.…”
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The feminist legislation project : rewriting laws for gender-based justice /

Table of Contents: “…Introducing the Australian feminist legislation project / Kate Seear, Becky Batagol, Jamie Walvisch and Heli Askola -- Feminist statutory drafting becky / Batagol, James Dalmau, Heli Askola, Kate Seear and Jamie Walvisch -- Re-writing and re-imagining rights : enshrining gender equality in Australia's Constitution / Kcasey McLoughlin and Yee-Fui Ng -- The disenfranchisement of aboriginal women : commonwealth legislative disability and incarceration disqualifications -- Re-charting the Victorian charter of human rights : advancing equality in human rights legislation / Tania Penovic and Julie Debeljak -- Re-charting the Victorian Charter of Human Rights : advancing enforcement in human rights legislation / Julie Debeljak and Tania Penovic -- Implementing affirmative consent in sexual offences : a model law for Queensland / Jonathan Crowe, Asher Flynn, and Bri Lee -- Compensation in the context of surrogacy : a feminist perspective on the insistence on altruism / Ronli Sifris -- Reconsidering the role of the victim in criminal injuries compensation / Kate Seear, Jamie Walvisch, and Liza J Miller -- Let us pee : building regulations for all gender toilets / Sean Mulcahy -- Assessing parenting payment appications by parents' individual circumstances, not their relationship status / Olivia Rundle -- Gender and its relevance to sentence / Natalia Antolak-Saper -- Navigating cultural and religious needs in family dispute resolution / Amira Aftab -- Family violence and migration law : protecting immigrant women's legal status / Heli Askola -- Aged care, housing rights, and the right to housing : residents in aged care have been patient(s) too long / Charlotte Steer -- Women and flexible work / Marilyn Pittard -- Increasing female participation in construction : legislating for gender equity / Rebecca Dickson and Paula Gerber -- 'Members of parliament : hear the women, count the women, and ensure corporate accountability' : proposing a gender-responsive reform of the Australian 'Modern Slavery' Act / Ramona Vijeyarasa -- Commentary on 'Members of Parliament : hear the women, count the women, and make corporations accountable' / Jennifer Burn AM.…”
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Personal autonomy in plural societies : a principle and its paradoxes /

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DISABILITY, SEXUALITY, AND GENDER IN ASIA intersectionality, human rights, and the law /

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