Constructing SSLM

Insights from Struggles over Women’s Rights in Nepal

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12349309
AutoresMargaret Becker (0000-0002-2622-6783, The University of Adelaide, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen39
Número2
Páginas247-265
Fecha de publicación2015-03-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAsian Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1035-7823 • E-ISSN: 1467-8403
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10357823.2015.1021754
OpenAlexW2077675734
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas13

This paper explores the extent to which Nepali women are able to defend, enforce and/or expand their rights through engagement with the legal system. Research with two different women’s NGOs shows that it is extremely difficult for an individual woman – particularly one who is poor and marginalised – to engage with the legal system, but it becomes possible if undertaken with a women’s NGO that can effectively act as an intermediary. Drawing on Epp’s notion of a “support structure for legal mobilisation” (1998), this paper considers the broad range of resources necessary for poor and marginalised women aided by NGOs to engage with the judiciary. In doing so, it highlights the critical role of normative values and behaviours in facilitating or impairing legal mobilisation by women and the political, technical and social capacities of NGOs. The paper argues that while the legal framework is an important element in the realisation of women’s rights, legal engagement should nevertheless be seen as one part of a multi-pronged strategy

Element (criminal law · Human rights · Nepali · Normative · Political science · Politics · Realisation · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · Law