Gendering 'universal' human rights: international women's activism, gender politics and the early cold war, 1928-1952

Gendering 'universal' human rights: international women's activism, gender politics and the early cold war, 1928-1952

This dissertation analyzes how transnational feminist advocacy and ideas about gender shaped modern human rights doctrines that remain central to this day. After World War II, United Nations delegates drafted and adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). During this process, internat...

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Main Author: Butterfield, Jo Ella
Other Authors: Schoen, Johanna
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2012
Subjects:
Commission on the Status of Women
feminism
human rights
United Nations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
women's activism
History
Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2187
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