International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8 is a global celebration of women’s achievements and a call for gender equality. Recognized by the UN since 1977, it underscores the ongoing struggle for women’s rights, aligned with international agreements like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. IWD advocates for equal treatment in all aspects of life, including education, employment, and healthcare. It emphasizes the right to education, reproductive autonomy, and fair conditions in the workforce. However, recent reports reveal persistent disparities, such as unequal pay and limited access to opportunities. IWD serves as a reminder to address these gaps and promote a more just and equitable society.
The library has many resources available on gender equality. Some selections are below:
Courting Gender Justice: Russia, Turkey, and the European Court of Human Rights
Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom and Valerie Sperling with Melike Sayoglu.
ISBN: 9780190932831
On the shelf: 57:1 McI
From the publisher: Women and the LGBT community in Russia and Turkey face pervasive discrimination. Only a small percentage dare to challenge their mistreatment in court. Facing domestic police and judges who often refuse to recognize discrimination, a small minority of activists have exhausted their domestic appeals and then turned to their last hope: the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The ECtHR, located in Strasbourg, France, is widely regarded as the most effective international human rights court in existence.
Russian citizens whose rights have been violated at home have brought tens of thousands of cases to the ECtHR over the past two decades. But only one of these cases resulted in a finding of gender discrimination by the ECtHR-and that case was brought by a man. By comparison, the Court has found gender discrimination more frequently in decisions on Turkish cases. Courting Gender Justice explores the obstacles that confront citizens, activists, and lawyers who try to bring gender discrimination cases to court. To shed light on the factors that make rare victories possible in discrimination cases, the book draws comparisons among forms of discrimination faced by women and LGBT people in Russia and Turkey. Based on interviews with human rights and feminist activists and lawyers in Russia and Turkey, this engaging book grounds the law in the personal experiences of individual people fighting to defend their rights.
Women and International Human Rights in Modern Times: A Contemporary Casebook
Rosa Celorio.
ISBN: 9781800889385
From the publisher: This casebook provides an overview of the main international and regional legal standards related to the human rights of women and explores their development and practical application in light of contemporary times, challenges, and advances. It navigates the nuances of the ongoing problems of discrimination and gender-based violence, and analyzes them in the context of modern challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the MeToo movement and its aftermath, the growth of non-state actors, environment and climate change, sexual orientation and gender identity, and the digital world, among others.
Incorporating lessons learned from her experiences as a practitioner and a law professor, the author navigates and provides snapshots of priority issues and themes in the field of the human rights of women. In each chapter, students are encouraged to reflect and answer questions alluding to the intricacies, challenges, and advances in the protection and exercise of women’s rights in modern times. The chapters also include many case judgments, decisions, views, and general recommendations adopted by universal and regional bodies and courts advancing the development of women human rights issues. This analysis is complemented by key scholarship, reports, and statements produced in the area of the human rights of women and its different features.
Students of issues concerning human rights, women, gender equality, and international law will attain a thorough understanding of the field through this contemporary casebook.
To find part one of Bookphoria with Victoria – on Women’s rights, see here: https://rwi.lu.se/blog/bookphoria-with-victoria-on-womens-rights/