Title: Gender issues in the challenge of access to human rights

Authors: Imam, Ayesha M.

Place: [Geneva]

Publisher: International council on human rights policy (ICHRP)

Year: 2003

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Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: women, human rights, legal status, law, civil and political rights

Abstract: In addressing the questions of what obstacles prevent people, particularly women, from accessing their legal entitlements, what role do institutions play in the protection of those rights, this paper focuses on: the nature of legal rights; issues of implementation; and issues around social practice.

URL: http://www.ichrp.org/files/papers/100/123_-_Gender_Issues_in_the_Challenge_of_Access_to_Human_Rights_Imam__Ayesha__2003.pdf

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