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Women as constitution-makers : case studies from the new democratic era /

"That a constitution should express the will of 'the people' is a long-standing principle, but the identity of 'the people' has historically been narrow. Women, in particular, were not included. A shift, however, has recently occurred. Women's participation in constitut...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marin,Ruth Rubio,Ed
Other Authors: Rubio-Marín, Ruth, Irving, Helen
Format: Printed Book
Published: UK, CUP, 2019.
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Table of Contents:
  • Women's movements and the recognition of gender equality in the constitution-making process in Morocco and Tunisia (2011-2014) / Sara Borrillo
  • Women and constitution-making in post-communist Romania / Elena Brodeală and Silvia Şuteu
  • Re-living yesterday's battles : women and constitution-making in post-Saddam Iraq / Noga Efrati
  • Women's participation in peace-building and consitution-making in Somalia / Sakuntala Kadirgamar
  • Feminist legalism : Colombian constitution-making in the 1990s / Julieta Lemaitre
  • Women and constitution-making in Turkey : from Ottoman modernism to a constitutionalism of women's platform / Bertil Emrah Oder
  • Egypt's tale of two constitutions : diverging gendered processes and outcomes / Mariz Tadros
  • Dialogic democracy, feminist theory and women's participation in constitution-making / Susan H. Williams.