Without prejudice : CEDAW and the determination of women's rights in a legal and cultural context

• Pubblicazione: [Place of publication not identified], : Commonwealth Secretariat, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 pages)
• Disciplina: 305.4209171241
• Soggetto topico: Sex discrimination against women - Commonwealth countries; Law, Politics & Government; Human Rights
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): ShivdasMeena; ColemanSarah
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Part I: Background -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Thoughts on the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) -- Why does CEDAW matter? -- 3. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and realisation of rights: reflections on standard settings and culture -- Introduction -- Common minimum standards -- CEDAW: reservations and domestication -- Staying alive -- Concluding thoughts -- Part II: Towards Gender Equality: Reconciling Culture and the Law -- 4. Culture, religion and gender: an overview -- Constitutional law -- Constructs: culture, religion and gender -- International human rights law -- Human rights cases: constitutional and international -- Theoretical framework for constitutional balancing -- Concluding comment -- 5. Domestication of CEDAW: points to consider for customary laws and practices -- Prefatory survey -- Structure of the Convention -- Distinctive features of the Convention -- Nature of the rights in the Convention -- Approaches to the domestication of CEDAW in selected domestic jurisdictions -- Domesticating CEDAW in Nigeria and otherjurisdictions: the challenge of customary law and practices -- The domestication option -- (1) Gender hierarchy -- (2) Access to land/inheritance -- (3) Reproductive rights -- (4) Domestic violence -- (5) Sundry customs -- Post scriptum -- 6. Gender, culture and the law: the South African experience -- Women as mothers: recognition of their current socioeconomic disadvantages -- Women in civil marriages: property and maintenance claims -- Women and customary law or religious marriages: property and maintenance claims -- Women who do not marry, but live with a partner -- Domestic violence against women, both married and unmarried. ; Women and succession and the tension between gender and culture -- 7. Scope of regional instruments: a perspective on the Southern and East Africa region -- Background -- Regional picture -- Way forward -- 8. Last but not least: CEDAW and family law -- 9. Gender analysis of child support in the Caribbean: legal, socioeconomic and cultural issues for consideration -- Background -- Persistent dualities -- Gendered realities and conflict dominate the legal process -- Embattled enforcement and poor compliance -- Poor collections system -- Uneven use of attachment -- Poor social welfare response to female poverty and dependency -- Consensus-driven pragmatic resolution of child support disputes -- Endnote -- 10. Women's dignity and rights: situating Pacific experiences -- Introduction -- Non-discrimination on the ground of sex -- Positioning of customary law in the legal system -- Customary rules incorporated in statutes -- Repugnancy doctrine -- Status of customary law -- Ascertainment of customary law -- WOMEN'S INHERITANCE AND SUCCESSION RIGHTS -- Women's inheritance rights to land -- Laws of succession -- MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY AT THE DISSOLUTIONOF MARRIAGE -- Customary Rules -- Statutes -- Traditional roles and fault in property distribution -- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE -- Violence against women -- INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTIONS -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III: From Aspirations to Entitlements -- 11. Promoting the human rights of women and girls through developing human rights jurisprudence and advancing the domestication of international human rights standards -- Background -- Bangalore Principles, 1988 -- Victoria Falls Declaration, 1994 -- Hong Kong Conclusions, 1996 -- Georgetown Recommendations and Strategies for Action, 1997 -- 12. Realising universal rights in national jurisdictions -- McBain v. State of Victoria and Others. ; Woodall v. R -- Roches v. Wade as and representing the Managing Authority of Catholic Public Schools -- Attorney General of Botswana v. Unity Dow -- Forbang Micheal Ndenge v. Cecilia Manka and Others -- Anuj Garg and Others v. Hotel Association of India and Others -- C Masilamani Mudaliar and Others v. Idol of Sri Swaminathaswami Thirukoil and Others -- Vishaka and Others v. State of Rajasthan and Others -- Muojekwo and Others v. Ejikeme and Others -- Humaira Mehmood v. Sho North Cantt Lahore and Others -- Gumede v. President of the Republic of South Africa and Others -- Ephrahim v. Pastory and Kaizilege -- Tepulolo v. Pou -- Joli v. Joli -- Longwe v. Intercontinental Hotels -- Part IV: Afterword -- 13. CEDAW and the Committee: personal reflections -- 14. CEDAW: reflections on the framework in the context of culture -- 15. Reflections on CEDAW -- 16. Endnote.
• Sommario/riassunto: CEDAW - the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - is a powerful international human rights instrument that reflects a global determination to achieve gender equality. Turning aspiration into reality presents many challenges, particularly in relation to the process of adjudicating on women's rights in both legal and cultural contexts.This book looks at the range of cultural and legal challenges relating to the implementation of CEDAW, and the individual approaches adopted in various jurisdictions and contexts across the Commonwealth. Commonwealth declarations in support of CEDAW and initiatives from numerous Commonwealth countries are brought together here to support continuing efforts to address these issues.This practical guide will inform and assist judges, adjudicators, lawyers and activists to advance the implementation of the principles of CEDAW within jurisdictions connected historically by the application of the common law.
• Titolo autorizzato: Without prejudice : CEDAW and the determination of women's rights in a legal and cultural context
• ISBN: 1-283-43872-0; 9786613438720; 1-84859-061-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910273072903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II