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Women as constitution-makers : case studies from the new democratic era / edited by Ruth Rubio-Marín, Helen Irving.

Contributor(s): Rubio-Marín, Ruth [editor.] | Irving, Helen [editor.] | ProQuest (Firm) [distributor.]Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2019Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781108492775; 9781108637923Subject(s): Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation | Constitutional law | Women's rights | ConstitutionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 342.0082 Online resources: Click here to access online - 1 user
Contents:
Women as constitution-makers : the promises and the challenges of participation / Ruth Rubio-Marin and Helen Irving -- Women's movements and the recognition of gender equality in the constitution-making process in Morocco and Tunisia (2011-2014) / Sara Borrillo -- Women and constitution-making in post-communist Romania / Elena Brodeală and Silvia Șuteu -- Re-living yesterday's battles : women and constitution-making in post-Saddam Iraq / Noga Efrati -- Women's participation in peace-building and consitution-making in Somalia / Sakuntala Kadirgamar -- Feminist legalism : Colombian constitution-making in the 1990s / Julieta Lemaitre -- Women and constitution-making in Turkey : from Ottoman modernism to a constitutionalism of women's platform / Bertil Emrah Oder -- Egypt's tale of two constitutions : diverging gendered processes and outcomes / Mariz Tadros -- Dialogic democracy, feminist theory and women's participation in constitution-making / Susan H. Williams.
Summary: "That a constitution should express the will of 'the people' is a long-standing principle, but the identity of 'the people' has historically been narrow. Women, in particular, were not included. A shift, however, has recently occurred. Women's participation in constitution-making is now recognised as a democratic right. Women's demands to have their voices heard in both the processes of constitution-making and the text of their country's constitution, are gaining recognition. Campaigning for inclusion in their country's constitution-making, women have adopted innovative strategies to express their constitutional aspirations. This collection offers, for the first time, comprehensive case-studies of women's campaigns for constitutional equality in nine different countries that have undergone constitutional transformations in the 'participatory era.' Against a richly-contextualised historical and political background, each charts the actions and strategies of women participants, both formal and informal, and records their successes, failures and continuing hopes for constitutional equality" -- Provided by publisher.

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Women as constitution-makers : the promises and the challenges of participation / Ruth Rubio-Marin and Helen Irving -- Women's movements and the recognition of gender equality in the constitution-making process in Morocco and Tunisia (2011-2014) / Sara Borrillo -- Women and constitution-making in post-communist Romania / Elena Brodeală and Silvia Șuteu -- Re-living yesterday's battles : women and constitution-making in post-Saddam Iraq / Noga Efrati -- Women's participation in peace-building and consitution-making in Somalia / Sakuntala Kadirgamar -- Feminist legalism : Colombian constitution-making in the 1990s / Julieta Lemaitre -- Women and constitution-making in Turkey : from Ottoman modernism to a constitutionalism of women's platform / Bertil Emrah Oder -- Egypt's tale of two constitutions : diverging gendered processes and outcomes / Mariz Tadros -- Dialogic democracy, feminist theory and women's participation in constitution-making / Susan H. Williams.

"That a constitution should express the will of 'the people' is a long-standing principle, but the identity of 'the people' has historically been narrow. Women, in particular, were not included. A shift, however, has recently occurred. Women's participation in constitution-making is now recognised as a democratic right. Women's demands to have their voices heard in both the processes of constitution-making and the text of their country's constitution, are gaining recognition. Campaigning for inclusion in their country's constitution-making, women have adopted innovative strategies to express their constitutional aspirations. This collection offers, for the first time, comprehensive case-studies of women's campaigns for constitutional equality in nine different countries that have undergone constitutional transformations in the 'participatory era.' Against a richly-contextualised historical and political background, each charts the actions and strategies of women participants, both formal and informal, and records their successes, failures and continuing hopes for constitutional equality" -- Provided by publisher.

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