International perspectives on gender equality & social diversity
By: edited by Miyoko Tsujimura
Contributors: Tōhoku Daigaku. Jendā-hō Seisaku Kenkyū Sentā
Publisher: Tohoku University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sendai
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9784861630781
Subjects: Women; Social conditions; Congresses; Sex role; Multiculturalism; Minorities
Other titles: International perspectives on gender equality and social diversity
Notes: "Gender Law & Policy Center, Tohoku University."

"This volume is a record of the International Symposium on Gender Equality and Social Diversity, which was held at the Sendai International Center from July the 29th to the 31st 2007"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Miyoko Tsujimura; title: Women's status, men's states / Catharine A. MacKinnon; title: Citizenship and gender : is feminism compatible with nationalism? / Chizuko Ueno; title: Gender equality in the rule of law in China / Zhu Xiaoqing; title: The UN, gender, and peacekeeping : a critique of gender mainstreaming / Sandra Whitworth; title: Beyond entrenchment : race, gender and the new frontiers of (un)equal protection / Kimberlé W. Crenshaw; title: New dimensions in law and gender in Canada / Nathalie Des Rosiers; title: Perspectives on political participation, human security and "gender education" : the Italian case (from the equality deficit to the challenges of multiculturalism) / Marilisa D'Amico; title: Italian women's political participation : issues and a proposal / Susanna Creperio Verratti; title: Gender equality in contract law / Susan Emmenegger; title: Gender equality in family law of Arab countries around the Mediterranean / Léna Gannagé; title: Gender equality legislation in Korea / Kim Sun Uk; title: Political leadership for promotoing gender equality / Kuniko Inoguchi; title: Gender equality and the constitutionality of "positive discrimination" / Miyoko Tsujimura; title: The basic law for a gender-equal society (Law no. 78 of 1999), Japan; title: Women's Development Act, Republic of Korea; title: The First East Asia Gender Equality Ministerial Meeting (30 June-1 July 2006) : summary and outcomes; title: The Second East Asia Gender Equality Ministerial Meeting (6-7 December 2007) : summary.