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A new theoretical concept is becoming increasingly visible within the current human rights framework on violence against women (VAW): intersectionality. This book clarifies the main aspects of this concept within different jurisdictions and will appeal to human rights scholars, lawyers and other practitioners.

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Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction; 2. Intersectionality and violence against women; Part II. Intersectionality in Law: 3. The human rights framework on violence against women; 4. Intersectionality in the United Nations; 5. Intersectionality in the Council of Europe and inter-American system; Part III. Intersectionality in Practice: 6. Empirical case in Europe: Romani women and domestic violence; 7. Empirical case in the Americas: women, diversity and domestic violence; Part IV. Conclusion.

Intersectionality in the Human Rights Legal

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 10/26/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781107172241
      978-1107172241
      ISBN-10 1107172241
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      Public international law: human rights

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A new theoretical concept is becoming increasingly visible within the current human rights framework on violence against women (VAW): intersectionality. This book clarifies the main aspects of this concept within different jurisdictions and will appeal to human rights scholars, lawyers and other practitioners.

      Table of Contents
      Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction; 2. Intersectionality and violence against women; Part II. Intersectionality in Law: 3. The human rights framework on violence against women; 4. Intersectionality in the United Nations; 5. Intersectionality in the Council of Europe and inter-American system; Part III. Intersectionality in Practice: 6. Empirical case in Europe: Romani women and domestic violence; 7. Empirical case in the Americas: women, diversity and domestic violence; Part IV. Conclusion.

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