Gender, planning, and human rights
By: edited by Tovi Fenster.
Contributors: Fenster, Tovi.
Series: International studies of women and place
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Women in development.; Women -- Social conditions.; Women -- Economic conditions.; Women's rights.; Human rights.; Social planning.; Economic development -- Social aspects.
Description: Gender, Planning and Human Rights explores the geographies and spatialities of human rights with particular emphasis on the connections between gender and human rights in planning and development. Challenging the traditional treatment of human rights cast in purely legal frameworks, the authors argue that, in order to promote the notion of human rights, its geographies and spatialities must be investigated and be made explicit. The book contains a wealth of case studies which examine the significance of these components in various countries with multicultured societies and identify ways to integrate human rights issues in planning, development and policy-making.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.