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Politics and sexual equality : the comparative position on women in Western Democracies
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ISBN: 0745001939 Year: 1987 Publisher: Brighton Boulder Harvester/Wheatsheaf Rienner


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Property, women and politics : subjects or objects?
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ISBN: 0745613225 Year: 1997 Publisher: Oxford ; Cambridge Polity Press

Beijing to Beijing+5 : review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action : report of the Secretary-General
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ISBN: 9211302137 Year: 2001 Publisher: New York United Nations


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Women's rights are human rights : the practice of the United nations human rights committee on economic, social and cultural rights
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ISBN: 9789050959803 9050959806 Year: 2010 Volume: 36 Publisher: Antwerp : Intersentia,

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Women's human rights and culture : from deadlock to dialogue
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ISBN: 9789400001374 9400001371 Year: 2011 Publisher: Cambridge : Intersentia,

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In all parts of the world, the implementation of women's human rights is seriously being hindered by gender stereotypes, religion, custom or tradition, in short by 'culture'. Culture is increasingly being used as an excuse to commit serious violations of these rights. It is also brought forward as the reason why governments refuse to implement them, arguing that their culture forces them to accept limited interpretations of international obligations in this area, or to reject such obligations altogether. This book provides women's human rights advocates with dissuasive arguments and effective strategies to avoid a deadlock between on the one hand upholding the principle of universality of human rights, and on the other hand the right to preserve and express one's culture.

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