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Governance and Women’s Claims-Making: What Do Feminists Want and How Do They Get It? (Research Note)

• Authors: Anne Marie Goetz, Rob Jenkins
• Programme Area: Gender and Development
• Paper No.: 1
• Code: RNWC1
• Project Title: When and Why Do States Respond to Women's Claims? Understanding Gender-Egalitarian Policy Change in Asia
• No. of Pages: 2

What are the political circumstances under which women’s rights advocates effectively pursue policy agendas on issues that challenge patriarchal interests—issues like violence against women, reproductive autonomy, and women’s labor and property rights?

This paper explores different systems of governance and its implications for women's claims-making, through enabling or constraining spaces for articulation and debate.

• Publication and ordering details
• Pub. Date: 2 Mar 2015
  Pub. Place: Geneva
  From: UNRISD/UN Publications