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The paper is organized as follows. Section 2 reviews the existing literature on the existence and impact of gender discriminatory laws on women’s outcomes across the different WBL categories. Section 3 discusses the various theories relating women’s legal rights to their outcomes. Section 4 concludes.
On the tenth anniversary of UN Women’s establishment, this report brings together research and evidence from state and non-state actors to demonstrate how laws around the world treat women and girls, using trends since 2015 which highlight both gains and ongoing challenges. The report also shares UN Women’s best practices and lessons learned in legal reforms with stakeholders within and ...
Jan 4, 2012 · Abstract. Background. While assisted reproductive technology (ART), including in vitro fertilization has given hope to millions of couples suffering from infertility, it has also introduced countless ethical, legal, and social challenges. The objective of this paper is to identify the aspects of ART that are most relevant to present-day society ...
- Paul R. Brezina, Yulian Zhao
- 2012
Special Rapporteur on laws that discriminate against women. From the questionnaire responses, the vast majority of those addressing the advisability of a Special Rapporteur on laws that discriminate against women were in favour of the creation of such a mechanism. Those who were opposed or sceptical about the need for the
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In a relationship where there is domestic violence or stalking, an abuser may use recording and surveillance technology to “keep tabs” on you (the victim) by monitoring your whereabouts and conversations. The motive for using electronic surveillance may be to maintain power and control over you, to make it hard for you to have any privacy ...
Desktop Diagnostic. The automated data-generation tool in this toolkit is available online and provides comprehensive country snapshots of the context in which female entrepreneurs and workers operate and allows for country and regional comparisons. At the click of a button, the tool generates country-level information across some 125 indicators.
We found that women were caught in a “catch-22:” Professional success in many highly compensated fields requires stereotypically masculine behavior and appearance, but those same attributes increased women’s harassment risk. Taken together, our findings carry methodological, practical, and legal implications.
