Gender and Human Rights: Expanding Concepts

by Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko

Book Overview

This unique book analyses the impact of international human rights on the concept of gender, demonstrating that gender emerged in the medical study of sexuality and has a complex and broad meaning beyond the sex and gender binaries often assumed by human rights law. Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko skilfully illustrates the dynamics within the field of human rights which hinder the expansion of the concept of gender and which strategies and mechanisms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803928530
• ISBN13: 9781803928531
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.1" x 9.2"