{"product_id":"womens-human-rights-niamh-reilly-9780745636993","title":"Women's Human Rights: Seeking Gender Justice in a Globalizing Age","description":"\u003ci\u003eWomen's Human Rights: Seeking Gender Justice in a Globalising Age\u003c\/i\u003e explores the emergence of transnational, UN-oriented, feminist advocacy for womens human rights, especially over the past three decades. \u003cp\u003eIt identifies the main feminist influences that have shaped the movement liberal, radical, third world and cosmopolitan and exposes how the Western, legalist, state-centric, and liberal biases of mainstream human rights discourse impede the realisation of human rights in womens lives everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e The book traces the evolution of the womens human rights movement through an examination of its key issues, debates, and practical interventions in international law and policy arenas. This includes efforts to: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelop global gender equality norms via the UN Womens Convention\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFrame violence against women as a human rights issue\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddress gender-based crimes in conflict situations, include women in conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction, and challenge new forms of militarism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlight the gendered human rights dimensions of widening inequalities in a context of neo-liberal globalisation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelop human rights responses to anti-feminist fundamentalist movements with a focus on reproductive and sexual rights\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eUltimately, \u003ci\u003eWomen's Human Rights\u003c\/i\u003e reaffirms a commitment to critically reinterpreted universal human rights principles and demonstrates the vital role that bottom-up, transnational movements play in making them a reality in women's lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Niamh Reilly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745636993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745636993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Niamh Reilly","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43925862023423,"sku":"9780745636993","price":72.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_80852a48-853b-48e0-951c-9504a72027d3.jpg?v=1681079809","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/womens-human-rights-niamh-reilly-9780745636993","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}