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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783706503321

Titolo

Gender, planning and human rights / / edited by Tovi Fenster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-73258-9

1-134-73259-7

1-280-19565-7

0-203-01100-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Collana

International studies of women and place

Altri autori (Persone)

FensterTovi

Disciplina

305.42

323.34

Soggetti

Women in development

Women - Social conditions

Women - Economic conditions

Women's rights

Human rights

Social planning

Economic development - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Gender, Planning and Human Rights; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Part I: Introduction; 1. Gender and Human Rights: Implications for Planning and Development; Part II:Gender, Planningand Human Rights; 2. Women, Planning and Local Central Relations in the UK; 3. Culture, Human Rights and Planning (as Control) for Mino Rity Women in Israel; 4. Intersecting Claims: Possibilities for Planning in Canada's Mult Cultural Cities; 5. The Gender Inequalities of Planning in Singapore; Part III: gender,development Andpolicy-making Within the Humanrights Context

6. Households, violence and women's economic rights7. Gender, informal employment and the right to productive resources; 8. Gender, migrants and rights in the european union; 9. Does cultural survival have a Gender?; 10. women and human rights in post-communist



countries; Part IV: conclusion; 11. Gender, planning and human rights:practical lessons; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Challenging the traditional treatment of human rights cast in purely legal frameworks, the authors argue that, in order to promote the notion of human rights, its geographies and spatialities must be investigated and be made explicit.  A wealth of case studies examine the significance of these components in various countries with multi-cultured societies, and identify ways to integrate human rights issues in planning, development and policy making. The book uses case studies from UK, Israel, Canada, Singapore, USA, Peru, European Union, Australia and the Czech Republic.