Women and Human Rights (Women and World Development) - Softcover

Tomasevski, Katarina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 185649120X ISBN 13: 9781856491204

Publisher: Zed Books Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

This title is the latest in the highly successful Women and World Development series. It looks at how the conventional view of women's rights as different and separate from human rights has impeded action to uphold their fundamental freedoms as human beings. Most violations of women's rights in practice remain unchallenged. The book describes the lack of attention to women's human rights and civil liberties at all levels, outlines what has been done so far to articulate and defend them, and proposes a plan of action.

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About the Author

Katarina Tomasevski is Professor of International Law and International Relations at Lund University and External Lecturer at the Centre for African Studies of Copenhagen University. Educated at the University of Zagreb and Harvard Law School, her teaching experience spans all regions and includes professional training courses in human rights mainstreaming. She is currently Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. This role has involved conceptualizing the right to education, carrying out human rights missions to individual countries to assess problems and prospects, investigating alleged violations of the right to education, and promoting rights-based education at all levels (from the local to the global) of policy-making. Katarina Tomasevski has conducted major cross-national research projects, including on the fate of imprisoned children, the human rights dimensions of HIV/AIDS, and the application of international human rights safeguards for women in different regions and countries. She has published extensively in English and Spanish and her books have been translated into French, Japanese and Chinese. Her books include: Responding to Human Rights Violations 1946-1999 (Kluwer Law International, 2000) Between Sanctions and Elections (Pinter Publishers/Cassell, 1997) Foreigners in Prison (HEUNI, 1994) Human Rights in Population Policies (SIDA, 1994) Women & Human Rights (UN/NGLS and Zed Books, 1993).

Edition details

• Publisher: Zed Books Ltd
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185649120X
• ISBN 13: 9781856491204
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176