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Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, Mar 12, 2024

Columbia University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2015

Vingtieme Siecle-revue D Histoire, 1985

Ergas Yasmine. Hause Steven C. et Kenney Anne R., Women's suffrage and social politics in the... more Ergas Yasmine. Hause Steven C. et Kenney Anne R., Women's suffrage and social politics in the French Third Republic. In: Vingtième Siècle, revue d'histoire, n°7, juillet-septembre 1985. Étrangers, immigres, français, sous la direction de Louis Bodin . pp. 214-215

Journal of International Affairs, Sep 22, 2013

Gender relations both structure and are structured by policies that relate to international affai... more Gender relations both structure and are structured by policies that relate to international affairs. While these interactive connections were long left largely unexplored, in the past two decades gender has become increasingly integrated into the study of international affairs. Catalyzed in part by the development of international institutions focused on gender themes, issue networks comprised of scholars, advocates, and policymakers have facilitated this process of integration. But gender equality--the declared objective of the policies promoted by the United Nations (and the European Union) among others--entails profound restructurings of existing social relations. Holy can the transformative agendas that gender equality policies promote be realized? This essay concludes by examining the "tool kits" that have hitherto been devised and the crucial role that research and critical analysis must continue to play. ********** Gender relations both structure and are structured by policies that relate to international affairs. These interactive connections have too often been left unexamined by practitioners and researchers alike. This neglect may reflect the perception of gender-related issues--from family relations and reproductive rights to the regulation of sexuality and educational systems--as matters of domestic jurisdiction. The nexus between national public policies and women's concerns was highlighted by scholarship prompted by the second wave of feminist mobilizations. (1) Despite the pioneering work of authors like Boserup, who already in 1970 drew attention to women's roles as a key variable in development, it took another two decades for other disciplines under the general rubric of international affairs to focus on gender in a significant way. (2) Today, however, as the contributions to this issue of the Journal of International Affairs show, the mantle of neutrality that once seemed to "immunize" the study of international affairs from critiques based on gender is being lifted. (3) Indeed, it is possible to see a field emerge as scholars and practitioners examine the ways in which gender relations both constitute and are constituted by conflict or trade, peacebuilding or human rights, development or environmental change, and international organizations or international law. Many factors affect the placement of an issue on research and policy agendas. Without attempting a comprehensive analysis, this article briefly draws attention to two: the development of a conducive institutional context and the evolution of conceptual frameworks that open new vistas. The development of a complex set of international institutions addressing gender themes has prompted systematic interactions among policymakers, advocates, and academic researchers. These institutions include long-standing organizations such as the UN Commission on the Status of Women, established in 1946, and the CEDAW Committee, which resulted from the entry into force of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 1981. UN Women, launched in 2010, consolidated the mandates of several pre-existing entities while also assuming a general leadership role relating to gender issues in the UN system. (4) But the current context also reflects new institution-building, including: the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC); the establishment of dedicated divisions within UN agencies and related organizations, such as the World Bank; the use of the Human Rights Council's "special procedures" to appoint a Special Rapporteur on violence against women, as well as a working group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice; and the appointment of a Special Representative of the Secretary-General on sexual violence in conflict. Together with high-profile UN initiatives like the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which will soon be followed by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the Security Council's resolutions regarding women, peace, and security, as well as important institutional mandates, such as the endorsement by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of "gender mainstreaming," these institutions have facilitated the emergence of issue networks and policy communities specifically focused on gender. …

Yale University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2017

Politics and Governance, Oct 31, 2022

This article explores the attacks to which gender studies programs in Central and Eastern Europe ... more This article explores the attacks to which gender studies programs in Central and Eastern Europe have been subject and the responses such attacks have elicited in the context of analogous phenomena in other parts of the world. The undermining of gender studies in recent years has been aggravated by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic that has exacerbated financial crises of educational institutions while also-in some contexts-providing cover for restrictions on academic freedom. Our specific focus here, however, is on how illiberal policies have limited the scope of academic gender studies, sometimes calling into question their very existence. To identify the modalities through which illiberal governments may narrow gender studies programs, we draw on Pirro and Stanley's analysis of illiberal policymakers' toolkit based on "forging," "breaking," and "bending." We consider these categories useful for our analysis but add a fourth: "de-specification"-a purposeful submersion, or redefinition, of gender studies into other programs, such as family studies. Our purpose is not to present an exhaustive analysis but rather to delineate a framework for analyzing such attacks and the responses to which they have given rise, and then to indicate some questions for further research. As such, this article should be read as a work in progress that seeks to explicate the modalities of the attacks on gender studies in higher education to which contemporary illiberalism has given rise concomitantly with attacks on gender rights and emerging forms of resistance that bespeak the resilience of the gender academy.

F. Angeli eBooks, 1986

... 1 / 1 Seleccione referencia / Select reference. Signatura: 305.420945 E67m. Autor: Ergas, Yas... more ... 1 / 1 Seleccione referencia / Select reference. Signatura: 305.420945 E67m. Autor: Ergas, Yasmine. Título: Nelle maglie della politica: femminismo, istituzioni e politiche sociale nell&#x27;Italia degli anni&#x27;70. P. imprenta: Milano. F. Angeli Editore, 1986. 0 p. Serie: GRIFF;7. ...

Comparative politics, Apr 1, 1982

... Women&#x27;s Politics in a Decade of Turmoil Yasmine Ergas ... Women&#x27;s e... more ... Women&#x27;s Politics in a Decade of Turmoil Yasmine Ergas ... Women&#x27;s entry into politics is facilitated when politics itself is in a state of disarray, when the rules of the game and the roles of traditional actors are al-ready being challenged by emerging forces. ...

Journal of Human Rights Practice, Sep 15, 2009

Debate Feminista, Sep 1, 1990

Columbia journal of gender and law, Sep 22, 2016

Vingtième siècle, revue d'histoire, Oct 1, 1985

International Journal of Law in Context, Jun 1, 2019

Emory International Law Review, 2012

ABSTRACT In recent decades, a robust international market in commercial reproductive surrogacy ha... more ABSTRACT In recent decades, a robust international market in commercial reproductive surrogacy has emerged. But, as German citizens Jan Balaz and Susan Lohle discovered when they struggled to engineer the last-minute diplomatic compromise that saved their commissioned twins from becoming wards of the Indian state, conflicts among legal frameworks have placed the children born at risk of being “marooned, stateless and parentless.” States have tried to address the individual dramas through ad hoc solutions – issuing emergency entry documents for children caught at borders or compelling administrative authorities to recognize birth certificates related to surrogacy arrangements that run counter to domestic public policies. The inadequacy of such approaches has become increasingly evident. As a result, states have developed national legislation and, together with international institutions and civil society networks, begun to seek international agreements. Indeed, international coordination represents the only viable solution to the individual dramas and diplomatic crises that have characterized the market in international commercial surrogacy. But will that be possible? This article explores whether and to what extent, a coordinated approach is likely to be found, and the role and limits of international law. After a brief introduction (Part I), the article examines the vicissitudes of the Balaz twins as emblematic of the filiation and citizenship issues that the international market in commercial surrogacy raises (Part II). It then explores possible approaches to the conflicts among legal systems that underlie the Balaz case whether through individual contracts (Part III) or treaties (Part IV). The article predicts that, at least in the short term, an effective legalizing regime based on a unifying set of rules and norms is unlikely to emerge. Ultimately, a new regime will require a long-term renegotiation of the meanings of filiation, its significance for citizenship and the re-interpretation of fundamental norms relating to human rights.