Women, Islam and international law : : within the context of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women / / by Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko.

Islam and women’s human rights entertain an uneasy relationship. Much has been written on the subject. This volume addresses it from a new perspective. It attempts to define some basis for constructive dialogue and interaction in the context of international law and, more precisely, in the context o...

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Superior document:Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, v. 8
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Year of Publication:2009
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Series) ; v. 8.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 267 pages)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Theory and reality of human rights
  • Where and what are women's rights for one and for the other
  • Reservations to treaties : some theoretical issues
  • Practice developed in the context of reservations to the CEDAW based on Islam
  • Promoting the dialogue.