Julie Ada Tchoukou
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4091798 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Julie Ada Tchoukou |
| PRENOMES | Julie Ada |
| SOBRENOME | Tchoukou |
| ASSINATURA | TCHOUKOU J A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Ottawa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1566-8519 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 2 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Regulation at the margins
From Beijing to Addis Ababa
Cultural Practices and cedaw
This article explores the realisation of rights for marginalised and disadvantaged women and girls in the Global South, with a particular focus on how the concept of “culture” is framed within international human rights discourse on violence against women ( vaw ). The article focuses on the work of the committee that monitors the major women’s convention, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women ( cedaw ). ce…
The social construction of childhood
This paper explores the way in which childhood is socially constructed in the context of child marriage regulation. Despite extreme social and cultural diversity, there is a core ideology in UN human rights instruments, around which official versions of childhood pivot. International law recommends setting the minimum age of marriage at 18years. This article problematizes the progressively depoliticizing effects of a seemingly neutral regulatory …
Regulating Gender Violence in Postcolonial Societies
This article is an examination of the pluralistic context in which human rights laws operate. The existence of unequal but mutually constitutive legal and normative orders in diverse societies raises complex issues for human rights practitioners. As the language of rights acquires worldwide currency, questions increasingly arise as to their relationship with other normative orders and systems of justice. While the impetus for legal pluralism may …
The Silences of International Human Rights Law
In the face of women’s disproportionate experience of violence and the growing scholarly literature and advocacy on this issue, there is no international treaty recognising violence against women (VAW) as a human rights violation in and of itself. The Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) does not include a definition of gender-based violence, violence against women or even domestic violence. Many soft law document…
The Institutional Dimensions of Oppression
The problem of violence against girls in Nigeria has attracted scholarly attention from a number of empirical and theoretical vantage points. This scholarship is vitally important. It has helped thrust feminist and other anthropological discourse into an arena of anti-violence work with significant impacts on, and repercussions for, girls in Nigeria. However, despite systemic change over the past years, the problem of violence against girls in Ni…
Mothering Practices and Human Rights Abuses of Girls in Marginalized Contexts
The form of gender-based violence (GBV) analysed in this article relates to ‘harmful traditional practices’ (HTPs) detrimental to the health and well-being of girls. In response to calls to action from the international community, many states are enacting laws and regulations against HTPs. Scholars argue that criminal justice reform is a vital component of efforts to reduce HTPs. While this article supports establishing mechanisms to address viol…
Religion as an ideological weapon and the feminisation of culture in Nigeria
The problem of child marriages has been discussed at length. Some authors have analysed the Nigerian legal framework to provide appropriate strategies for addressing this problem. Building on the important foundational works of these authors, my paper analyses this problem from a different perspective by focusing on the ideological foundations for the increased perpetration of child marriages. I use institutional ethnography, a feminist socio-leg…
Cultural Practices and cedaw
This article explores the realisation of rights for marginalised and disadvantaged women and girls in the Global South, with a particular focus on how the concept of “culture” is framed within international human rights discourse on violence against women ( vaw ). The article focuses on the work of the committee that monitors the major women’s convention, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women ( cedaw ). ce…
The Silences of International Human Rights Law
In the face of women’s disproportionate experience of violence and the growing scholarly literature and advocacy on this issue, there is no international treaty recognising violence against women (VAW) as a human rights violation in and of itself. The Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) does not include a definition of gender-based violence, violence against women or even domestic violence. Many soft law document…
Religion as an ideological weapon and the feminisation of culture in Nigeria
The problem of child marriages has been discussed at length. Some authors have analysed the Nigerian legal framework to provide appropriate strategies for addressing this problem. Building on the important foundational works of these authors, my paper analyses this problem from a different perspective by focusing on the ideological foundations for the increased perpetration of child marriages. I use institutional ethnography, a feminist socio-leg…
The Institutional Dimensions of Oppression
The problem of violence against girls in Nigeria has attracted scholarly attention from a number of empirical and theoretical vantage points. This scholarship is vitally important. It has helped thrust feminist and other anthropological discourse into an arena of anti-violence work with significant impacts on, and repercussions for, girls in Nigeria. However, despite systemic change over the past years, the problem of violence against girls in Ni…
Mothering Practices and Human Rights Abuses of Girls in Marginalized Contexts
The form of gender-based violence (GBV) analysed in this article relates to ‘harmful traditional practices’ (HTPs) detrimental to the health and well-being of girls. In response to calls to action from the international community, many states are enacting laws and regulations against HTPs. Scholars argue that criminal justice reform is a vital component of efforts to reduce HTPs. While this article supports establishing mechanisms to address viol…
The Silences of International Human Rights Law
In the face of women’s disproportionate experience of violence and the growing scholarly literature and advocacy on this issue, there is no international treaty recognising violence against women (VAW) as a human rights violation in and of itself. The Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) does not include a definition of gender-based violence, violence against women or even domestic violence. Many soft law document…
The social construction of childhood
This paper explores the way in which childhood is socially constructed in the context of child marriage regulation. Despite extreme social and cultural diversity, there is a core ideology in UN human rights instruments, around which official versions of childhood pivot. International law recommends setting the minimum age of marriage at 18years. This article problematizes the progressively depoliticizing effects of a seemingly neutral regulatory …
Regulating Gender Violence in Postcolonial Societies
This article is an examination of the pluralistic context in which human rights laws operate. The existence of unequal but mutually constitutive legal and normative orders in diverse societies raises complex issues for human rights practitioners. As the language of rights acquires worldwide currency, questions increasingly arise as to their relationship with other normative orders and systems of justice. While the impetus for legal pluralism may …
Cultural Practices and cedaw
This article explores the realisation of rights for marginalised and disadvantaged women and girls in the Global South, with a particular focus on how the concept of “culture” is framed within international human rights discourse on violence against women ( vaw ). The article focuses on the work of the committee that monitors the major women’s convention, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women ( cedaw ). ce…
Regulation at the margins
From Beijing to Addis Ababa
Political science (7 obras) · Sociology (7 obras) · Human rights (6 obras) · Criminology (4 obras) · Gender, Security, and Conflict (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Human Rights and Development (3 obras) · Politics (3 obras) · Sex work and related issues (3 obras)