Human Rights and Gender Politics: Asia-Pacific Perspectives

In recent years, the slogan "women's rights are human rights" has become a central claim of the of the global women's movement. Human Rights and Gender Politics: Asia-Pacific Perspectives examines the critical issues raised by this embracing and expansion of the human rights discourse by feminists worldwide.
This volume challenges the conventional, ungendered and male-centred analysis of the politics of human rights and addresses the future of global feminisms. It is essential reading for all those interested in learning more about human rights and women's rights in the Asia-Pacific region.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Hilsdon, Anne-Marie
Published: 06/22/2000
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780415191739
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.51h x 6.42w x 0.95d