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Gender Equality: Dimensions of Women's Equal Citizenship

Book information

Year
2009
ISBN
0521766478, 9780521766470, 9780511651359, 0521747341, 9780521747349
LCC
KF478 .G46 2009
Open Library ID
OL22983053M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3282049 bytes)
Pages
468\470
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Citizenship is the common language for expressing aspirations to democratic and egalitarian ideals of inclusion, participation, and civic membership. However, there continues to be a significant gap between formal commitments to gender equality and equal citizenship - in the laws and constitutions of many countries, as well as in international human rights documents - and the reality of women's lives. This volume presents a collection of original works that examine this persisting inequality through the lens of citizenship. Distinguished scholars in law, political science, and women's studies investigate the many dimensions of women's equal citizenship, including constitutional citizenship, democratic citizenship, social citizenship, sexual and reproductive citizenship, and global citizenship. Gender Equality takes stock of the progress toward - and remaining impediments to - securing equal citizenship for women, develops strategies for pursuing that goal, and identifies new questions that will shape further inquiries.

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