Black Women and International Law: Deliberate Interactions, Movements and Actions

ISBN-13: 9781108432979 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 359 str.

Jeremy I. Levitt

Opis

Explores the manifold relationship between black women and international law, highlighting the historic and contemporary ways they have influenced and been influenced.

Recenzje

'This book is a step towards realising a dream of effective international justice and equal human dignity - giving voice to the voiceless, naming the nameless and bringing the invisible into focus.' Foluke I. Ipinyomi, African Journal of International and Comparative Law

Spis treści

1. Judge Gabrielle Kirk McDonald: a biographical note Jeremy I. Levitt; 2. Passing reflections on my journey for justice Gabrielle Kirk McDonald; Part I. Leadership, Human Rights and Peace-Building: 3. Writing black women into political leadership: reflection, trends and contradictions Carole Boyce-Davies; 4. The international human rights of black women: justice or just us? Adrien Wing; 4. Gender parity in the AU women's protocol Fatou Kiné Camara; 5. Law, peace construction and women's rights in Africa: who will safeguard Abeena and Afia? Jeremy I. Levitt; 6. Black women and peacebuilding in international law Anna Spain; Part II. Black Women's Movements: 7. African American women on the world stage: the fourth world conference on women – Beijing Linda Greene; 8. Black women and reparations movements Adjoa Aiyetoro; 9. The work of African women to confront the challenge of climate change Erika George; Part III. Feminine Sovereignty: 10. Black women and reproductive health: a normative inquiry Judith Scully; 11. The nature of black female 'things'; the nature of choice: a meditation on Saartjie Baartman and Truganini Karen Bravo; 12. The transactional costs of transnational sex workers: old regimes, new norms Eleanor Brown.