Women's Voice and Agency : The Role of Legal Institutions and Women's Movements
Global events like the Beijing Women s Conference of 1995 have resulted in the creation of strong international frameworks that set standards for women s rights around the world. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against...
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ABDUCTION ABORTION ABORTIONS ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCESS TO JUSTICE ADULTERY ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN ADVOCACY AGE OF MARRIAGE BABY BEATINGS CAPACITY BUILDING CHILD ABUSE CHILD CARE CHILD MARRIAGE CHILD MARRIAGES CITIZEN CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COERCION COMPENSATION CONTRACEPTIVES COURT COURTS CRIME CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL LAWS CULTURAL PRACTICES CULTURAL RIGHTS CUSTODY CUSTOMARY LAWS CUSTOMARY PRACTICES DEATH PENALTY DECRIMINALIZATION DEPENDENT CHILDREN DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISMISSAL DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOMICILE EARLY PREGNANCIES EARLY PREGNANCY ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMIC TRANSITION ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION EMPLOYMENT LAWS EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS EPIDEMIC EQUAL BASIS WITH MEN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EQUAL RIGHTS EQUALITY WITH MEN ETHICAL VALUES EXTENDED FAMILY EXTRAMARITAL SEX FAMILIES FAMILY FORMATION FAMILY LAW FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY VIOLENCE FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMICIDE FEMINIST FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS GAYS GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER SENSITIVITY GENDER STEREOTYPES GIRL CHILDREN GLOBAL ACTION GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL POLICY HARMFUL PRACTICES HARMFUL TRADITIONAL PRACTICES HEAD OF THE FAMILY HEALTH CARE HEALTH LAW HEALTH LAWS HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH RISKS HOME HOME AFFAIRS HOME VISITS HOMES HOUSES HUMAN BEINGS HUMAN RIGHT HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN TRAFFICKING HUSBAND HUSBANDS IMMIGRATION IMPACT OF VIOLENCE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS IMPRISONMENT INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL AGENDA INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS INTERNATIONAL COVENANT INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL LAWS INTERNATIONAL TREATIES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN ISLAMIC LAW JUDGE JUDGES JUSTICE LABOR CODE LABOR LAW LABOUR CODE LABOUR LAW LEGAL AID LEGAL CHANGES LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL REFORM LEGAL REFORMS LEGAL SERVICES LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE CHANGES LEGISLATORS LESBIANS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIBERTY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MALE PARTNERS MANDATES MARITAL RAPE MARRIAGE AGE MARRIAGES MARRIED COUPLES MARRIED MAN MARRIED WOMAN MATERNITY LEAVE MENTAL HEALTH MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF LABOUR MISOGYNY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES NATIONALS NUCLEAR FAMILY OFFENCES OFFENDERS OFFENSES OPPRESSION PARADIGM SHIFT PATERNALISM PENAL CODE PENAL CODES PENALTIES FOR ADULTERY PENSION PENSIONS PERSONAL STATUS POLICE OFFICER POLICE OFFICERS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL PROCESS POLITICAL RIGHTS POPULATION CONFERENCE PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRISON PRIVACY PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE PUBLIC LIFE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPHERE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RAPE RAPE VICTIM RAPIST REFORM LAWS REFUGEE REGIONAL CONFERENCES REPRODUCTIVE ROLES RESIDENCE RESIDENCES RESPECT RIGHTS ADVOCATES RIGHTS AGENDA RIGHTS OF WOMEN ROLE OF WOMEN SANCTION SANCTIONS SERVICE PROVIDERS SEX SEXUAL ACTIVITY SEXUAL ADVANCES SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SEXUAL ORIENTATION SEXUAL VIOLENCE SHADOW REPORT SHARIA SHARIA LAW SHARIAH SHARIAH LAW SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIAL WORKERS SOCIETAL NORMS SON PREFERENCE SPOUSE STALKING STATE GOVERNMENTS SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOLERANCE TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES TRADITIONAL PRACTICES TRANSPORTATION UNIONS VICTIMS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VIOLENCE ON WOMEN VIOLENCE VICTIMS WIDOWS WIFE WILL WOMAN WOMENAPOS;S ISSUES WOMENAPOS;S LAW WORK FORCE WORKFORCE WORLD CONFERENCE YOUNG AGE YOUNG GIRLS |
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ABDUCTION ABORTION ABORTIONS ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCESS TO JUSTICE ADULTERY ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN ADVOCACY AGE OF MARRIAGE BABY BEATINGS CAPACITY BUILDING CHILD ABUSE CHILD CARE CHILD MARRIAGE CHILD MARRIAGES CITIZEN CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COERCION COMPENSATION CONTRACEPTIVES COURT COURTS CRIME CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL LAWS CULTURAL PRACTICES CULTURAL RIGHTS CUSTODY CUSTOMARY LAWS CUSTOMARY PRACTICES DEATH PENALTY DECRIMINALIZATION DEPENDENT CHILDREN DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISMISSAL DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOMICILE EARLY PREGNANCIES EARLY PREGNANCY ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMIC TRANSITION ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION EMPLOYMENT LAWS EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS EPIDEMIC EQUAL BASIS WITH MEN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EQUAL RIGHTS EQUALITY WITH MEN ETHICAL VALUES EXTENDED FAMILY EXTRAMARITAL SEX FAMILIES FAMILY FORMATION FAMILY LAW FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY VIOLENCE FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMICIDE FEMINIST FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS GAYS GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER SENSITIVITY GENDER STEREOTYPES GIRL CHILDREN GLOBAL ACTION GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL POLICY HARMFUL PRACTICES HARMFUL TRADITIONAL PRACTICES HEAD OF THE FAMILY HEALTH CARE HEALTH LAW HEALTH LAWS HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH RISKS HOME HOME AFFAIRS HOME VISITS HOMES HOUSES HUMAN BEINGS HUMAN RIGHT HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN TRAFFICKING HUSBAND HUSBANDS IMMIGRATION IMPACT OF VIOLENCE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS IMPRISONMENT INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL AGENDA INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS INTERNATIONAL COVENANT INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL LAWS INTERNATIONAL TREATIES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN ISLAMIC LAW JUDGE JUDGES JUSTICE LABOR CODE LABOR LAW LABOUR CODE LABOUR LAW LEGAL AID LEGAL CHANGES LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL REFORM LEGAL REFORMS LEGAL SERVICES LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE CHANGES LEGISLATORS LESBIANS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIBERTY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MALE PARTNERS MANDATES MARITAL RAPE MARRIAGE AGE MARRIAGES MARRIED COUPLES MARRIED MAN MARRIED WOMAN MATERNITY LEAVE MENTAL HEALTH MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF LABOUR MISOGYNY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES NATIONALS NUCLEAR FAMILY OFFENCES OFFENDERS OFFENSES OPPRESSION PARADIGM SHIFT PATERNALISM PENAL CODE PENAL CODES PENALTIES FOR ADULTERY PENSION PENSIONS PERSONAL STATUS POLICE OFFICER POLICE OFFICERS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL PROCESS POLITICAL RIGHTS POPULATION CONFERENCE PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRISON PRIVACY PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE PUBLIC LIFE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPHERE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RAPE RAPE VICTIM RAPIST REFORM LAWS REFUGEE REGIONAL CONFERENCES REPRODUCTIVE ROLES RESIDENCE RESIDENCES RESPECT RIGHTS ADVOCATES RIGHTS AGENDA RIGHTS OF WOMEN ROLE OF WOMEN SANCTION SANCTIONS SERVICE PROVIDERS SEX SEXUAL ACTIVITY SEXUAL ADVANCES SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SEXUAL ORIENTATION SEXUAL VIOLENCE SHADOW REPORT SHARIA SHARIA LAW SHARIAH SHARIAH LAW SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIAL WORKERS SOCIETAL NORMS SON PREFERENCE SPOUSE STALKING STATE GOVERNMENTS SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOLERANCE TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES TRADITIONAL PRACTICES TRANSPORTATION UNIONS VICTIMS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VIOLENCE ON WOMEN VIOLENCE VICTIMS WIDOWS WIFE WILL WOMAN WOMENAPOS;S ISSUES WOMENAPOS;S LAW WORK FORCE WORKFORCE WORLD CONFERENCE YOUNG AGE YOUNG GIRLS de Silva de Alwis, Rangita Women's Voice and Agency : The Role of Legal Institutions and Women's Movements |
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Global events like the Beijing Women s
Conference of 1995 have resulted in the creation of strong
international frameworks that set standards for women s
rights around the world. Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the
Beijing Platform for Action, and other international norms
define the scope of universal rights for women and girls,
and have opened new spaces for regional and national legal
reform. Bottom-up engagement with these international laws
and institutions by local and transnational women s
movements has catalyzed widespread changes in lawmaking and
transformed standard-setting documents into tools for
reform. The following paper discusses four important pillars
of women s voice and agency (while recognizing that there
are others which are beyond the scope of this review):
freedom from the risk of violence; freedom of movement;
freedom to make decisions on family formation and the
freedom to shape policy. It will examine the ways in which
these freedoms impact women s voice and the ways in which
women are working to reform law and policy to ensure these
four freedoms are accessible to all. |
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Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
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de Silva de Alwis, Rangita |
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de Silva de Alwis, Rangita |
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de Silva de Alwis, Rangita |
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Women's Voice and Agency : The Role of Legal Institutions and Women's Movements |
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Women's Voice and Agency : The Role of Legal Institutions and Women's Movements |
| title_full |
Women's Voice and Agency : The Role of Legal Institutions and Women's Movements |
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Women's Voice and Agency : The Role of Legal Institutions and Women's Movements |
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Women's Voice and Agency : The Role of Legal Institutions and Women's Movements |
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women's voice and agency : the role of legal institutions and women's movements |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20431443/women s-voice-agency-role-legal-institutions-womens-movements http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21029 |
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okr-10986-210292021-04-23T14:04:00Z Women's Voice and Agency : The Role of Legal Institutions and Women's Movements de Silva de Alwis, Rangita ABDUCTION ABORTION ABORTIONS ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCESS TO JUSTICE ADULTERY ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN ADVOCACY AGE OF MARRIAGE BABY BEATINGS CAPACITY BUILDING CHILD ABUSE CHILD CARE CHILD MARRIAGE CHILD MARRIAGES CITIZEN CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COERCION COMPENSATION CONTRACEPTIVES COURT COURTS CRIME CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL LAWS CULTURAL PRACTICES CULTURAL RIGHTS CUSTODY CUSTOMARY LAWS CUSTOMARY PRACTICES DEATH PENALTY DECRIMINALIZATION DEPENDENT CHILDREN DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISMISSAL DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOMICILE EARLY PREGNANCIES EARLY PREGNANCY ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMIC TRANSITION ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION EMPLOYMENT LAWS EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS EPIDEMIC EQUAL BASIS WITH MEN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EQUAL RIGHTS EQUALITY WITH MEN ETHICAL VALUES EXTENDED FAMILY EXTRAMARITAL SEX FAMILIES FAMILY FORMATION FAMILY LAW FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY VIOLENCE FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMICIDE FEMINIST FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS GAYS GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER SENSITIVITY GENDER STEREOTYPES GIRL CHILDREN GLOBAL ACTION GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL POLICY HARMFUL PRACTICES HARMFUL TRADITIONAL PRACTICES HEAD OF THE FAMILY HEALTH CARE HEALTH LAW HEALTH LAWS HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH RISKS HOME HOME AFFAIRS HOME VISITS HOMES HOUSES HUMAN BEINGS HUMAN RIGHT HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN TRAFFICKING HUSBAND HUSBANDS IMMIGRATION IMPACT OF VIOLENCE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS IMPRISONMENT INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL AGENDA INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS INTERNATIONAL COVENANT INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL LAWS INTERNATIONAL TREATIES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN ISLAMIC LAW JUDGE JUDGES JUSTICE LABOR CODE LABOR LAW LABOUR CODE LABOUR LAW LEGAL AID LEGAL CHANGES LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL REFORM LEGAL REFORMS LEGAL SERVICES LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE CHANGES LEGISLATORS LESBIANS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIBERTY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MALE PARTNERS MANDATES MARITAL RAPE MARRIAGE AGE MARRIAGES MARRIED COUPLES MARRIED MAN MARRIED WOMAN MATERNITY LEAVE MENTAL HEALTH MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF LABOUR MISOGYNY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES NATIONALS NUCLEAR FAMILY OFFENCES OFFENDERS OFFENSES OPPRESSION PARADIGM SHIFT PATERNALISM PENAL CODE PENAL CODES PENALTIES FOR ADULTERY PENSION PENSIONS PERSONAL STATUS POLICE OFFICER POLICE OFFICERS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL PROCESS POLITICAL RIGHTS POPULATION CONFERENCE PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRISON PRIVACY PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE PUBLIC LIFE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPHERE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RAPE RAPE VICTIM RAPIST REFORM LAWS REFUGEE REGIONAL CONFERENCES REPRODUCTIVE ROLES RESIDENCE RESIDENCES RESPECT RIGHTS ADVOCATES RIGHTS AGENDA RIGHTS OF WOMEN ROLE OF WOMEN SANCTION SANCTIONS SERVICE PROVIDERS SEX SEXUAL ACTIVITY SEXUAL ADVANCES SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SEXUAL ORIENTATION SEXUAL VIOLENCE SHADOW REPORT SHARIA SHARIA LAW SHARIAH SHARIAH LAW SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIAL WORKERS SOCIETAL NORMS SON PREFERENCE SPOUSE STALKING STATE GOVERNMENTS SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOLERANCE TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES TRADITIONAL PRACTICES TRANSPORTATION UNIONS VICTIMS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VIOLENCE ON WOMEN VIOLENCE VICTIMS WIDOWS WIFE WILL WOMAN WOMENAPOS;S ISSUES WOMENAPOS;S LAW WORK FORCE WORKFORCE WORLD CONFERENCE YOUNG AGE YOUNG GIRLS Global events like the Beijing Women s Conference of 1995 have resulted in the creation of strong international frameworks that set standards for women s rights around the world. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Platform for Action, and other international norms define the scope of universal rights for women and girls, and have opened new spaces for regional and national legal reform. Bottom-up engagement with these international laws and institutions by local and transnational women s movements has catalyzed widespread changes in lawmaking and transformed standard-setting documents into tools for reform. The following paper discusses four important pillars of women s voice and agency (while recognizing that there are others which are beyond the scope of this review): freedom from the risk of violence; freedom of movement; freedom to make decisions on family formation and the freedom to shape policy. It will examine the ways in which these freedoms impact women s voice and the ways in which women are working to reform law and policy to ensure these four freedoms are accessible to all. 2014-12-30T20:33:58Z 2014-12-30T20:33:58Z 2014 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20431443/women s-voice-agency-role-legal-institutions-womens-movements http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21029 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper |