Women's human rights and culture : from deadlock to dialogue / Rikki Holtmaat, Jonneke Naber.
2011
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Author
Title
Women's human rights and culture : from deadlock to dialogue / Rikki Holtmaat, Jonneke Naber.
Published
Cambridge, England ; Portland, Or. : Intersentia, [2011]
Distributed
Portland, Or. : Distribution for the USA and Canada, International Specialized Book Services
Copyright
©2011
Call Number
K644 .H65 2011
ISBN
9789400001374
9400001371
9400001371
Description
ix, 136 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)706138302
Summary
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.
Note
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-136).
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Table of Contents
Foreword / Acknowledgements
v
Abbreviations
ix
ch. 1
Introduction
1
1.1.
Culture blocking the implementation of women's human rights
1
1.2.
The human rights approach to culture
4
1.3.
Women's human rights and the development of women
5
1.4.
The audience we intend to reach
6
ch. 2
Women's Human Rights
9
2.1.
The normative nature and legal stature of human rights
10
2.2.
The human rights of women as laid down in CEDAW
21
2.3.
Article 5 CEDAW
28
2.4.
CEDAW's commitment to changing discriminatory cultures
33
2.5.
The right to culture and its limits
43
ch. 3
Culture and Gender
51
3.1.
Culture and identity
52
3.2.
Culture and gender
55
3.3.
Essentialist approaches to culture and gender
68
3.4.
A special place for religion within culture?
81
ch. 4
From a Firm Deadlock to a Fruitful Dialogue
85
4.1.
The necessity and the boundaries of a dialogue
87
4.2.
Structural barriers to accepting women's human rights
92
4.3.
Possible responses to the resistance against cultural change
99
4.4.
Some final remarks
117
Summary
121
Bibliography
129