Gender and human rights : expanding concepts / created by Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko.

By:

Krivenko, Ekaterina Yahyaoui [author., Senior Lecturer, Irish Centre for human rights, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Elgar studies in human rights | Elgar studies in human rightsPublisher: Cheltenham, UK : Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: vii, 149 pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781800372849

Subject(s):

-- Law and legislation

LOC classification:

K3243 KRI

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Gender and its complexities -- 3. Human rights and gender: the first stage -- 4. Feminist approaches, gay and lesbian studies, queer theory: their engagement with gender and human rights -- 5. Human rights and gender: the second stage -- 6. Successes and challenges: right to be free from violence -- 7. Successes and challenges: culture and human rights -- 8. Successes and challenges: family and human rights -- 9. General conclusions.

Summary: "This unique book analyses the impact of international human rights on the concept of gender, demonstrating that gender emerged in the medical study of sexuality and has a complex and broad meaning beyond the sex and gender binaries often assumed by human rights law. Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko skilfully illustrates the dynamics within the field of human rights which hinder the expansion of the concept of gender and which strategies and mechanisms allow and facilitate such an expansion. Gender and Human Rights surveys the development of human rights from the creation of the United Nations up to the present day and discusses key examples of the prohibition of violence and the regulation of culture and family in the context of human rights. This multidisciplinary study also incorporates additional perspectives from medical science, feminism and queer theory. This concise yet engaging book will be a valuable resource for scholars, students and activists working at the intersection of gender law and human rights law, providing a critical overview of the topic alongside strategies for future growth"-- Provided by publisher.

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1. Introduction --
2. Gender and its complexities --
3. Human rights and gender: the first stage --
4. Feminist approaches, gay and lesbian studies, queer theory: their engagement with gender and human rights --
5. Human rights and gender: the second stage --
6. Successes and challenges: right to be free from violence --
7. Successes and challenges: culture and human rights --
8. Successes and challenges: family and human rights --
9. General conclusions.

"This unique book analyses the impact of international human rights on the concept of gender, demonstrating that gender emerged in the medical study of sexuality and has a complex and broad meaning beyond the sex and gender binaries often assumed by human rights law. Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko skilfully illustrates the dynamics within the field of human rights which hinder the expansion of the concept of gender and which strategies and mechanisms allow and facilitate such an expansion. Gender and Human Rights surveys the development of human rights from the creation of the United Nations up to the present day and discusses key examples of the prohibition of violence and the regulation of culture and family in the context of human rights. This multidisciplinary study also incorporates additional perspectives from medical science, feminism and queer theory. This concise yet engaging book will be a valuable resource for scholars, students and activists working at the intersection of gender law and human rights law, providing a critical overview of the topic alongside strategies for future growth"-- Provided by publisher.

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