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Author_Alison Jeffries
Bridget Hill
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CEDAW
Claim Rights
Cold Mutton
Common Law Marriage
Contemporary Societies
Continental France
Counterpart Obligations
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Female Sexual Oppression
feminist analysis of international human rights
feminist legal theory
Functional Coefficients
Gabrielle Suchon
gender equality studies
Held
Human Rights
human rights discourse
Le Doeuff
liberalism critique
Liberty Rights
Married Woman
Masculine Mystique
Matrimony
Michele Le Doeuff
oppression in western societies
political philosophy feminism
Positive Claim Rights
Sexual Dignity
Sexual Honor
Superb
UN
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780367217396
- Weight: 213g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2022
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Six key scholars present a feminist critique of the theory of human rights. The title of this volume, Womens’ Voices, Womens’ Rights, might be taken innocently to indicate its contents: a set of lectures given by women on the rights of women, on the failure to achieve those rights, and on the reasons and remedies for those failures. However, it also implies that womens’ rights are not simply the extension to all members of the community of the agreed-upon rights of men. Is to speak in a woman’s voice to speak in a different voice? Each lecture explores the values of Western societies, and the sources of the oppression of women within them, while many also provide a political contribution to the argument over the international context in which womens’ status seems to be under constant threat. The lectures rest on a shared commitment to the dignity, humanity, and unique individuality of each human persona tenet that underpins the human rights movement, provides the moral impetus for feminism and, indeed, is the motivating force behind Amnesty International’s campaigning on behalf of political prisoners world-wide. Ultimately, the contributors show us that to speak from the perspective of women, to adopt a woman’s voice, is to enrich our understanding of the rights of all.
