Title: Fundamentalisms in Asia-Pacific : trends, impact, challenges and strategies asserting women's rights

Authors: Mehra, Madhu

Place: Chiang Mai

Publisher: Asia Pacific forum on women, law and development (APWLD)

Year: cop. 2008

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Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: women's rights, sex discrimination, civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights, asia and the pacific, malaysia, bangladesh, indonesia, india, myanmar, pakistan, fiji, philippines, thailand, japan

Abstract: Trends in fundamentalisms in the Asia Pacific, the connections between different forms of fundamentalism, and strategies to address them are described. Fundamentalisms refers to the many forms in which hegemonic trends are manifested in the civil, political, economic, social and culture spheres.

URL: http://www.apwld.org/pdf/fundamentalisms.pdf

Document type: Portal