The struggle for women's rights and to overcome gender oppression has long engaged the efforts of inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations. Feminist Strategies in International Governance provides a new introduction to the contemporary forms of this struggle. It brings together the voices of academics and practitioners to reflect in particular on the effectiveness of human rights strategies and gender mainstreaming. It covers three international issue areas in which feminists currently seek change: women's human rights and violence against women; the participation of women in...

Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass sowohl die analytische Methode als auch die die mikrookonomische Fundierung der konventionellen Makrookonomik zwar - schlechterblind aber keineswegs geschlechtsneutral sind. An analysis that does not say anything about male privilege and male power over women and about strategies for reducing these is ultimately biased towards men (Elson 1992:36). Die konventionelle Makrookonomik vernachlassigt mit der Ausblendung von Reproduktionsarbeit eine fur das Funktionieren einer Okonomie wichtige Sp- re. Daruber hinaus werden gesellschaftliche Macht- und...

This title takes the formation of UN Women as an opportunity to reflect on issues, providing a broad overview on diverse feminist strategies in international governance.

This book looks at the centerpiece of the international women's rights discourse, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), and asks to what extent it affects the lives of women worldwide.