Research Catalog

Title

Gender stereotyping : transnational legal perspectives / Rebecca J. Cook and Simone Cusack.

Author

Cook, Rebecca J.

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Details

Additional Authors

Cusack, Simone.

Description

xviii, 270 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Drawing on domestic and international law, as well as judgments given by courts and human rights treaty bodies, Gender Stereotyping offers perspectives on ways gender stereotypes might be eliminated through the transnational legal process in order to ensure women's equality and the full exercise of their human rights." "A leading international framework "for debates on the subject of stereotypes, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, was adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly and defines what constitutes discrimination against women. It also establishes an agenda to eliminate discrimination in all its forms in order to ensure substantive equality for women, Applying the Convention as the primary framework for analysis, this book provides essential strategies for eradicating gender stereotyping. Its proposed methodology requires naming operative gender stereotypes, identifying how they violate the human rights of women, and articulating states' obligations to eliminate and remedy these violations."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Pennsylvania studies in human rights

Subjects

• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979 December 18)
• Stereotypes (Social psychology)
• Sex discrimination against women > Law and legislation

ISBN

• 0812242149 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780812242140 (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2009029477

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries