Rebecca J Cook, Simone Cusack

Gender Stereotyping

Transnational Legal Perspectives

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on domestic and international law, as well as on judgments given by courts and human rights treaty bodies, "Gender Stereotyping" offers perspectives on how wrongful gender stereotypes can be effectively eliminated through the transnational legal process in order to ensure women's equality and exercise of their human rights.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Renewed Spirit Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780812221626
• ISBN-10: 0812221621
• Artikelnr.: 33139827

Autorenporträt

Rebecca J. Cook is Professor of Law and Faculty Chair in International Human Rights, Faculty of Law, at the University of Toronto. She is the author, coauthor, or coeditor of many books, including Human Rights of Women: National and International Perspectives, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. Simone Cusack is a public interest lawyer at the Public Interest Law Clearing House in Melbourne, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword, by Louise Arbour
Table of Cases
Table of Treaties, Legislation, and Other Relevant Instruments
Introduction
Ch. 1 Understanding Gender Stereotyping
Ch. 2 Naming Gender Stereotyping
Ch. 3 State Obligations to Eliminate Gender Stereotyping
Ch. 4 Gender Stereotyping as a Form of Discrimination
Ch. 5 The Role of the Women's Committee in Eliminating Gender Stereotyping
Ch. 6 Moving Forward with the Elimination of Gender Stereotyping
Appendices
A. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women
B. The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Discrimination Against Women
Notes
Select Bibliography
Annotated List of Websites
Index
Acknowledgments