Differences between the Principle and Practice: Indigenous Women?s Human Rights in Mexico - Softcover

Gómez, Paola

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3838379772 ISBN 13: 9783838379777

Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

This work analyses the gaps between the principle and the practice of human rights, using the study case of indigenous women in Mexico. The point of departure is international jurisprudence; here failures in human rights mainstream to encompass indigenous women's experiences are highlighted; since indigenous women are not accurately portrayed as right holders. The role of indigenous peoples' and women's human rights instruments is crucial for the analysis. The obstacles for effective implementation of indigenous women's human rights at State, local and municipal levels are discussed. Mexican public policies are revised; the argument sustained is that these policies are inaccurate to tackle indigenous women's issues. The role of NGOs and grassroots groups' is also stressed. It is argued that indigenous women are setting their human rights claims in alliance with indigenous peoples' movements to profit of the momentum they have at the national and international arenas. Lastly, this work enhances potential contributions to human rights jurisprudence and develops a proposal of creating an indigenous women's movement to improve particular concerns.

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Biografía del autor

Paola Gomez studied a BA in International Relations at ITESM CCM; she holds a degree from the Institut D?études Politiques, Paris, and an MA in Human Rights from the University of Manchester. She worked at the OECD in México. She was legal intern of the Jerome N.Frank LSO, Yale Law School. Since 2007, she works for the UN in Mexico.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 3838379772
• ISBN 13: 9783838379777
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 80
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