Paola Gómez

Differences between the Principle and Practice

Indigenous Women¿s Human Rights in Mexico

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Produktbeschreibung

This work analyses the gaps between the principle and the practice of human rights, using the study case of indigenous women in Mexico. The point of departure is international jurisprudence; here failures in human rights mainstream to encompass indigenous women's experiences are highlighted; since indigenous women are not accurately portrayed as right holders. The role of indigenous peoples' and women's human rights instruments is crucial for the analysis. The obstacles for effective implementation of indigenous women's human rights at State, local and municipal levels are discussed. Mexican public policies are revised; the argument sustained is that these policies are inaccurate to tackle indigenous women's issues. The role of NGOs and grassroots groups' is also stressed. It is argued that indigenous women are setting their human rights claims in alliance with indigenous peoples' movements to profit of the momentum they have at the national and international arenas. Lastly, thiswork enhances potential contributions to human rights jurisprudence and develops a proposal of creating an indigenous women's movement to improve particular concerns.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 137g
• ISBN-13: 9783838379777
• ISBN-10: 3838379772
• Artikelnr.: 30848161

Autorenporträt

Paola Gomez studied a BA in International Relations at ITESM CCM; she holds a degree from the Institut D¿études Politiques, Paris, and an MA in Human Rights from the University of Manchester. She worked at the OECD in México. She was legal intern of the Jerome N.Frank LSO, Yale Law School. Since 2007, she works for the UN in Mexico.