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Women And The Making Of The Tunisian Constitution, Rangita De Silva De Alwis, Anware Mnasri, Estee Ward
Women And The Making Of The Tunisian Constitution, Rangita De Silva De Alwis, Anware Mnasri, Estee Ward
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This article attempts to glean from field interviews and secondary sources some of the sociopolitical complexities that underlay women’s engagement in Tunisia’s 2011-14 constitution-making process. Elucidating such complexities can provide further insight into how women’s engagement impacted the substance and enforceability of the constitution’s final text. We argue that, in spite of longstanding roadblocks to implement and enforce constitutional guarantees, the greater involvement of Tunisian women in the constitution drafting process did make a difference in the final gender provisions of Tunisia’s constitution. Although not all recommendations were adopted, Tunisian women were able to use an autochthonous process to edify …
Migrant Workers' Access To Justice At Home: Nepal, Sarah Paoletti, Eleanor Taylor-Nicholson, Bandita Sijapati, Bassina Farbenblum
Migrant Workers' Access To Justice At Home: Nepal, Sarah Paoletti, Eleanor Taylor-Nicholson, Bandita Sijapati, Bassina Farbenblum
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Nepal’s citizens engage in foreign employment at the highest per capita rate of any other country in Asia, and their remittances account for 25 percent of the country’s GDP. The Middle East is now the most popular destination for Nepalis--nearly 700,000 were working in the Middle East in 2011 on temporary labor contracts. For some Nepalis, working abroad provides much-needed household wealth. For others, their contributions to Nepal come at great personal cost. Migrant workers in the Gulf, for example, routinely report wage theft, lack of time off and unsafe and unhealthy working conditions. Some migrant workers report psychological and …
Collaborative Community-Based Natural Resource Management, Prof. Elizabeth Burleson
Collaborative Community-Based Natural Resource Management, Prof. Elizabeth Burleson
Prof. Elizabeth Burleson
This article analyzes the importance of increasing civil society actor access to and influence in international legal and policy negotiations, drawing from academic scholarship on governance, conservation and environmental sustainability, natural resource management, observations of civil society actors, and the authors’ experiences as participants in international environmental negotiations.
Emerging Law Addressing Climate Change And Water, Prof. Elizabeth Burleson
Emerging Law Addressing Climate Change And Water, Prof. Elizabeth Burleson
Prof. Elizabeth Burleson
The World Economic Forum recognizes that while restrictions on energy affect water systems and vice versa, energy and water policy are rarely coordinated. The International Panel on Climate Change predicts that wet places will become wetter and dry places will become dryer. Transboundary water, energy and climate coordination can occur through international consensus building.
Human Rights In Egypt: The Practical Experience, Naila Gabr
Human Rights In Egypt: The Practical Experience, Naila Gabr
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"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"
State, Society And Violations Of Human Rights In Egypt, Mustapha K. Al-Sayyid
State, Society And Violations Of Human Rights In Egypt, Mustapha K. Al-Sayyid
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"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"
Human Rights In Egypt: The Cause, The Movement, And The Dilemma, Hani Shukrallah
Human Rights In Egypt: The Cause, The Movement, And The Dilemma, Hani Shukrallah
Faculty Book Chapters
"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"
Introduction: Dealing With Human Rights In The Arab World, Dan Tschirgi
Introduction: Dealing With Human Rights In The Arab World, Dan Tschirgi
Faculty Book Chapters
"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"
The United Nations And Human Rights, Larisa Gabriel
The United Nations And Human Rights, Larisa Gabriel
Faculty Book Chapters
"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"
Us Foreign Policy And Human Rights In Egypt, Stephanie Ann Mulica
Us Foreign Policy And Human Rights In Egypt, Stephanie Ann Mulica
Faculty Book Chapters
"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"
Human Rights In The Middle East: An Overview Of The Last Decade, Hanny Megally
Human Rights In The Middle East: An Overview Of The Last Decade, Hanny Megally
Faculty Book Chapters
"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"
Human Rights And Cultural Specificity: Some Reflections, Rachad Antonius
Human Rights And Cultural Specificity: Some Reflections, Rachad Antonius
Faculty Book Chapters
"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"
The Human Rights Movement In Arab Countries: Problems Of Concept, Context And Practice, Nader Fergany
The Human Rights Movement In Arab Countries: Problems Of Concept, Context And Practice, Nader Fergany
Faculty Book Chapters
"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"
The Roots Of Turmoil In The Egyptian Organization For Human Rights: Dynamics Of Civil Institution-Building In Egypt, Mohamed El Sayed Said
The Roots Of Turmoil In The Egyptian Organization For Human Rights: Dynamics Of Civil Institution-Building In Egypt, Mohamed El Sayed Said
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"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"