Book contents
- Women as Constitution-Makers
- Women as Constitution-Makers
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Women’s Movements and the Recognition of Gender Equality in the Constitution-Making Process in Morocco and Tunisia (2011–2014)
- 2 Women and Constitution-Making in Post-Communist Romania*
- 3 Re-Living Yesterday’s Battles
- 4 Women’s Participation in Peace-Building and Constitution-Making in Somalia
- 5 Feminist Legalism
- 6 Women and Constitution-Making in Turkey
- 7 Egypt’s Tale of Two Constitutions
- 8 Dialogic Democracy, Feminist Theory and Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making
- Index
- References
Introduction
Women as Constitution-Makers: The Promises and the Challenges of Participation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 March 2019
Book contents
- Women as Constitution-Makers
- Women as Constitution-Makers
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Women’s Movements and the Recognition of Gender Equality in the Constitution-Making Process in Morocco and Tunisia (2011–2014)
- 2 Women and Constitution-Making in Post-Communist Romania*
- 3 Re-Living Yesterday’s Battles
- 4 Women’s Participation in Peace-Building and Constitution-Making in Somalia
- 5 Feminist Legalism
- 6 Women and Constitution-Making in Turkey
- 7 Egypt’s Tale of Two Constitutions
- 8 Dialogic Democracy, Feminist Theory and Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making
- Index
- References
Summary
The Introduction surveys the historical development of women’s participation in constitution-making and the evolution of the right to participate and the paradigm of participatory constitutionalism. Drawing from numerous country examples, it discusses women’s formal and informal participation in constitution-making, and identifies women’s questions about, and obstacles to, such participation, as well as their affirmation of its value. It explores theories of gender, and discusses different gendered perspectives on constitutionalism, and it identifies common themes for constitutional provisions in which women’s aspirations find constitutional expression. It considers two examples of comprehensive feminist ‘constitutions’. It concludes with a note on the importance for the prospects of democratic constitutionalism of an understanding of the events, processes, values, aspirations and obstacles experienced by women in actual constitution-making that is offered in the case studies in this collection.
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- Information
- Women as Constitution-MakersCase Studies from the New Democratic Era, pp. 1 - 30Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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