Title: Women's rights as human rights : a political and social economy approach within a deep democratic framework

Authors: Khan, Haider A.

Place: [Tokyo

Publisher: University of Tokyo]

Year: 2007

Journal: CIRJE discussion papers

Volume: F 475

PAGE: --

Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: women's rights, human rights, democracy

Abstract: The paper develops the social capabilities approach to women's rights as human rights. Having introduced deep democracy as a structure in addition to formal democratic apparatus, it shows that the social capabilities approach, women's rights and deep democracy are related in an intimate way.

URL: http://www.cirje.e.u-tokyo.ac.jp/research/dp/2007/2007cf475.pdf

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