Local Action/Global Change: A Handbook on Women's Human Rights

ISBN-13: 9781594515149 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 368 str.

Julie A. Mertus; Nancy Flowers

Opis

This handbook on women's human rights is an integrated set of fourteen teaching and learning units. Together, they are designed to identify key issues in women's human rights, define concepts, outline different methodologies for achieving women's human rights, and offer a wide range of activities to facilitate teaching, learning, and discussion of women's human rights challenges. Included in every chapter are a statement of key objectives, background information, discussion questions, special issue boxes, strategies and examples for taking action, and learning activities. Also included are key UN documents and international law bearing on women's human rights. Handouts, checklists, assessment forms, and activist organizations round out the range of reference materials provided. User-friendly, jargon-free, authoritative, and packed with hands-on information, the handbook is an essential resource for anyone working in the field, human rights professionals, scholars, students, and activists.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments Foreword Prologue Chapter 1: Introduction to Women's Human Rights Chapter 2: Women's Human Rights to Equality and Nondiscrimination Chapter 3: Women's Human Rights in the Family Chapter 4: The Human Rights of Young Women and Girls Chapter 5: Women's Human Right to Health Chapter 6: Women's Human Rights to Reproduction and Sexuality Chapter 7: Women's Human Right to Freedom from Violence Chapter 8: Women's Human Right to an Adequate Standard of Living Chapter 9: Women's Human Rights and Globalization Chapter 10: Women's Human Rights and Work Chapter 11: Women's Human Right to Education Chapter 12: Women's Human Rights in Politics, Public Life, and the Media Chapter 13: Human Rights of Refugee, Displaced, and War-Affected Women Chapter 14: The Road Ahead: Local Action and Global Change Appendix I: Analytical Tables: Analyzing Human Rights Problems Appendix II: Participatory Methodologies for Educators and Facilitators Appendix III: Using Human Rights Systems and Mechanisms Glossary Bibliography Index About the Authors

O autorze

Julie Mertus is an Associate Professor and Codirector of the MA program in Ethics, Peace, and Global Affairs at American University. A graduate of Yale Law School, Professor Mertus has twenty years of experience working for a wide range of nongovernmental and governmental human rights organizations. Her prior appointments include: Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace; Human Rights Fellow, Harvard Law School; Writing Fellow, MacArthur Foundation; Fulbright Fellow (Romania 1995; Denmark 2006); and Counsel, Human Rights Watch. Her book Bait and Switch: Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy (2004) was named –œhuman rights book of the year– by the American Political Science Association Human Rights Section. Her other books include: Human Rights and Conflict (2006)(editor, with Jeffrey Helsing); The United Nations and Human Rights (2005); Kosovo: How Myths and Truths Started a War (1999); and The Suitcase: Refugees’ Voices from Bosnia and Croatia (1999). Professor Mertus has won several awards for her innovative curriculum design and teaching. In 2005, she was named the School of International Service Scholar/Teacher of the Year.,
Nancy Flowers serves as a consultant to governments, nongovernmental organizations, and UN agencies on human rights education. She has trained activists, educators, lawyers, police, journalists, and parliamentarians in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Her publications include articles, books, and manuals on human rights education, most recently Compasito, a manual for children’s rights education (2007); Enabling Rights, a manual on the human rights of people with disabilities (2007); and The Human Rights Education Series (2007). She is the editor of the Human Rights Education Series for the University of Minnesota’s Human Rights Center. She makes her home in Menlo Park, California.