Sociological Status of Women in Selected Dmcs (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789715614221)

Are laws the answer to achieving gender equality? What are the complex inter-actions of civil, religious, and customary laws that shape women's status? What are the ways in which laws reflect and reinforce social and cultural norms and expectations? Will the enactment of laws to protect and promote the rights of women result in improving the status of women in Asia? This publication provides a discussion of these complex issues and offers some answers to these questions.

Author: Asian Development Bank
ISBN-10: 9715614221
ISBN-13: 9789715614221
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2002
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.30w x 0.53d