Gender Equality: Dimensions of Women's Equal Citizenship
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Citizenship is the common language for expressing aspirations to democratic and egalitarian ideals of inclusion, participation, and civic membership. However, there continues to be a significant gap between formal commitments to gender equality and equal citizenship – in the laws and constitutions of many countries, as well as in international human rights documents – and the reality of women’s lives. This volume presents a collection of original works that examine this persisting inequality through the lens of citizenship. Distinguished scholars in law, political science, and women’s studies investigate the many dimensions of women’s equal citizenship, including constitutional citizenship, democratic citizenship, social citizenship, sexual and reproductive citizenship, and global citizenship. Gender Equality takes stock of the progress toward – and remaining impediments to – securing equal citizenship for women, develops strategies for pursuing that goal, and identifies new questions that will shape further inquiries.
ISBN
9780521747349
Publication Date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
City
New York
Keywords
legal status of women, women, equal rights, equal citizenship
Disciplines
Constitutional Law | Law | Law and Gender
Recommended Citation
McClain, Linda C. and Grossman, Joanna L., "Gender Equality: Dimensions of Women's Equal Citizenship" (2009). Books. 154.
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/books/154
