Social Gender Identities and Civil Liberties
The Law and Reality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5017927 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ariane Djossou (Université d'Abomey-Calavi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 102-112 |
| Publication date | 2010-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diogenes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0392-1921 • E-ISSN: 1467-7695 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0392192112436465 |
| OpenAlex | W2057997862 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper invites reflection on the gap between law and facts about the equality of women and men as to effective enjoyment of civil liberties. It discusses the question whether the universality of human rights is translatable into real life without referring back to social gender identity. It mainly focuses on West African case studies, particularly Benin, to examine different experiences of gendered civil liberties, and the way how constitutional legislation and other kinds of legal instruments are applied differently according to gender
Civil liberties · Political science · Politics · Social reality · Social science · Sociology · Discrimination and Equality Law · Gender Politics and Representation · International Human Rights and Reproductive Law · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |