Political Battles On Women’S Bodies: Post-Election Conflicts And Violence Against Women In Internally Displaced Persons Camps In Kenya,
2014
Univesity of Connecticut
Political Battles On Women’S Bodies: Post-Election Conflicts And Violence Against Women In Internally Displaced Persons Camps In Kenya, Roseanne Njeri Njiru
Societies Without Borders
The Kenya 2007 December presidential election results were violently challenged. For months, political protests accompanied by violent attacks and violent reaction by government security forces, led to “ethnic cleansing” particularly in the Rift Valley region resulting in deaths of more than 1,500 people and internal displacement of about 450,000 others. Women and young girls experienced various forms of gender violence during and after the conflicts in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps. Using in-depth interviews with women living in a camp, NGOs and government agencies, this article focuses on the continuing bodily violence that internally displaced women face in their everyday …
Insiderness, Outsiderness, And Situated Accessibility – How Women Activists Navigate Un’S Commission On The Status Of Women,
2014
University of Graz, Austria
Insiderness, Outsiderness, And Situated Accessibility – How Women Activists Navigate Un’S Commission On The Status Of Women, Daniela Jauk
Societies Without Borders
The goal of this article is to explain micro-political aspects of women’s participation within the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) by explicating how NonGovernmental Organization’s (NGO) representatives negotiate and perceive their work. Data from ethnographic participant observation of CSW meetings between 2009 and 2012 demonstrate the simultaneity of both clear insider/outsider distinctions as well as blurred and permeable boundaries between the intergovernmental body of the CSW and civil society in the form of women’s rights activists who attempt to shape CSW outcomes. Concepts of fluid insiderness and outsiderness (Naples 1996) help explain that women activists perceive themselves simultaneously …
Pride In Istanbul,
2014
East Carolina University
Pride In Istanbul, Susan C. Pearce
Societies Without Borders
In June of 2013, Istanbul, Turkey held its annual Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Pride parade. This year’s parade was performed in a particular historical context: in the midst of an anti-government uprising that had begun in Istanbul and spread throughout Turkey. This context loaned a particular flavor to the Pride parade, and there was a reciprocity between the recent protest movement and LGBT activism. These field notes describe the June 2013 parade and its relationship to the socio-political context, drawing from these observations some preliminary conclusions regarding human rights and gender as Turkey interacts with transnational human rights regimes such …
Review Of Edges Of Global Justice: The World Social Forum And Its “Others” By Janet M. Conway,
2014
University of Connecticut
Review Of Edges Of Global Justice: The World Social Forum And Its “Others” By Janet M. Conway, Manisha Desai
Societies Without Borders
No abstract provided.
Review Of The Anti-Slavery Project: From The Slave Trade To Human Trafficking By Joel Quirk,
2014
Rutgers University
Review Of The Anti-Slavery Project: From The Slave Trade To Human Trafficking By Joel Quirk, Annie Isabel Fukushima
Societies Without Borders
No abstract provided.
Review Of Forgotten Genocides: Oblivion, Denial, And Memory By Rene Lemarchand (Editor),
2014
Brandeis University
Review Of Forgotten Genocides: Oblivion, Denial, And Memory By Rene Lemarchand (Editor), Nicole Fox
Societies Without Borders
No abstract provided.
Review Of Heart Of Sky, Heart Of Earth Directed By Frauke Sandig And Eric Black,
2014
Manhattanville College
Review Of Heart Of Sky, Heart Of Earth Directed By Frauke Sandig And Eric Black, Beth Williford
Societies Without Borders
No abstract provided.
Our Years As Editors,
2014
Virginia Tech
Our Years As Editors, David L. Brunsma, Keri E. Iyall Smith, Mark Frezzo
Societies Without Borders
No abstract provided.
Indigenous Methodology In Practice: Starting A Community-Based Research Center On The Yakama Reservation,
2014
Heritage University University of San Diego
Indigenous Methodology In Practice: Starting A Community-Based Research Center On The Yakama Reservation, Michelle M. Jacob, Sarah Augustine, Corey Hodge, Mary James
Societies Without Borders
In our paper, we examine the process, possibilities, and tensions of building a new community-based research center at a small liberal arts college on the Yakama Reservation. We view our work with the Center for Native Health & Culture as an example of human rights-based educational transformation, as our work is about honoring indigenous land, community, and values. This mission stands at odds with Western educational approaches, which typically view indigenous peoples, cultures, and well-being as a side note to frequently marginalized campus diversity initiatives. Our work to establish the new research center takes up the challenge of placing indigenous …
“It Is Laced With Faults”: American Indians, Public Participation And The Politics Of Siting A High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository,
2014
University of Missouri
“It Is Laced With Faults”: American Indians, Public Participation And The Politics Of Siting A High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository, Jesse P. Van Gerven
Societies Without Borders
In this article I analyze American Indian claims made during the siting process for a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. By utilizing the concepts of distribution and recognition (Fraser 2003) to analyze American Indian claims for financial compensation, cultural artifact/resource protection, and environmental justice I reveal the existence and extent of both objective and intersubjective obstacles preventing greater public participation in environmental decision-making. Through a textual/discourse analysis of public documents associated with the Yucca Mountain Project, my analysis demonstrates how distributive and recognitional injustices impede democratic participation in environmental decision-making, which contributes to the continuation of environmental …
The Rise Of Human Rights Education: Opportunities, Challenges, And Future Possibilities,
2014
Webster University
The Rise Of Human Rights Education: Opportunities, Challenges, And Future Possibilities, Lindsey N. Kingston
Societies Without Borders
Human rights education (HRE) has gained increasing support as a tool for promoting social responsibility and global respect for international human rights standards. Many schools and universities include HRE in their curricula in an attempt to foster a sense of global citizenship among students, yet educators still grapple with how to most effectively include human rights in undergraduate programs. In an attempt to provide resources and to promote effective HRE, this article examines the rise of human rights education and analyzes its potential for positive change. In particular, high impact learning practices (such as community partnerships and short-term study abroad …
Making Visible The Invisible: Nighttime Lights Data And The Closing Of The Human Rights Information Gap,
2014
Quinnipiac University
Making Visible The Invisible: Nighttime Lights Data And The Closing Of The Human Rights Information Gap, Xi Chen
Societies Without Borders
War, poverty, geographical remoteness and political isolation all contribute to unreliable or non-existent data for developing regions of the world. As a consequence, research within these areas has been hampered by an abject lack of data in underdeveloped regions. The satellite-based nighttime lights data introduced here may hold the potential to overcome this problem by providing a proxy measure for large numbers of variables dealing with second and third generation human rights issues. The images presented here represent some of the newest forms of data available to social science investigations and those interested in human rights studies, and are already …
Review Of A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’S Resurgence, From The Middle East To America By Leila Ahmed,
2014
The Univesity of Sydney
Review Of A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’S Resurgence, From The Middle East To America By Leila Ahmed, Mohammand Salehin
Societies Without Borders
No abstract provided.
Review Of Torture: A Sociology Of Violence And Human Rights By Lisa Hajjar,
2014
University of Denver
Review Of Torture: A Sociology Of Violence And Human Rights By Lisa Hajjar, Jared Del Rosso
Societies Without Borders
No abstract provided.
To Be Male: Homophobia, Sexism, And The Production Of “Masculine” Boys,
2014
S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
To Be Male: Homophobia, Sexism, And The Production Of “Masculine” Boys, Clifford Rosky
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
This chapter is about the relationship between homophobia and sexism in family law. By conducting an empirical analysis of custody and visitation cases, it shows that stereotypes about the children of lesbian and gay parents are both sexist and homophobic. In some cases, the relationship between homophobia and sexism becomes especially obvious, when stereotypes explicitly conflate the sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender roles of children and parents. By looking more closely, however, we can find more subtle evidence of this relationship in a much wider range of cases, wherever stereotypes of the children of lesbian and gay parents appear. …
Trafficking In Human Beings: Partial Compliance Theory, Enforcement Failure, And Obligations To Victims,
2014
S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Trafficking In Human Beings: Partial Compliance Theory, Enforcement Failure, And Obligations To Victims, Leslie P. Francis, John G. Francis
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
Trafficking—the coerced exploitation of people—is a major global concern. Primary forms of trafficking include sex trafficking, labor trafficking, trafficking in organs, trafficking in reproduction, and trafficking in child soldiers. This paper explores whether “host” countries — destinations for trafficking — have special obligations to provide trafficked persons with support needed to escape trafficking and to deal with the damage it has caused. This support includes asylum, healthcare, food, and shelter, at least for an initial period of time.
The Fundamentalism Of Liberal Rights: Decoding The Freedom Of Expression Under The European Convention For The Protection Of Human Rights And Fundamental Freedoms,
2014
Lecturer, College of Law, Australian National University
The Fundamentalism Of Liberal Rights: Decoding The Freedom Of Expression Under The European Convention For The Protection Of Human Rights And Fundamental Freedoms, Moeen Cheema, Adeel Kamran
Loyola University Chicago International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Olympic-Sized Opportunity: Examining The Ioc's Past Neglect Of Human Rights In Host Cities And The Chance To Encourage Reformon A Global Scale,
2014
Loyola University Chicago, School of Law
Olympic-Sized Opportunity: Examining The Ioc's Past Neglect Of Human Rights In Host Cities And The Chance To Encourage Reformon A Global Scale, Chad Nold
Loyola University Chicago International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Human Rights Provisions In Free Trade Agreements: Do The Ends Justify The Means?,
2014
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Human Rights Provisions In Free Trade Agreements: Do The Ends Justify The Means?, Meredith Kolsky Lewis
Loyola University Chicago International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Defending The Spirit Of The Doha Declaration In Free Trade Agreements: Trans-Pacific Partnership And Access To Affordable Medicines,
2014
Loyola University Chicago, School of Law
Defending The Spirit Of The Doha Declaration In Free Trade Agreements: Trans-Pacific Partnership And Access To Affordable Medicines, Burcu Kilic
Loyola University Chicago International Law Review
No abstract provided.
