GENDER AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Women are victims
of sexual violence especially under conflict, war and war like conditions.
State and non-state actors are involved in this form of violence. Furthermore,
there is the phenomenon called Feminicidio which refers to mass killings
and rape of women in Mexico and Guatemala, for example, where impunity
rules.
Using "Law" as an instrument to fight gender-based discrimination is not entirely noncontroversial. However, it can be rather crucial tool to protect and promote Women rights as Human Rights in the international discourse. In the past few decades we have witnessed a series of international conventions such as the CEDAW (Convention Against All Forms of Discrimination of Women), protection as well as anti-discrimination laws and policies, all with the same goal: to fight the discrimination against women based on gender.
Beginning in 2010, our Gender and Human Rights program has sought to promote and protect political and economic participation, and address gender discrimination through the mechanisms of international and national law. The program investigates methods of legal enforcement of equal rights. The following issues will be discussed:
1. Violence and sexual violence against women in war and in violent conflicts, especially the phenomenon of Feminicidio in Guatemala and Mexico
2. Women and discriminatory working conditions in the South as well as the relationship between Migration and Human Rights violations, for example, in case of migrant women as domestic workers in the North.
3. Women and access to resources (such as Right to Food, Right to Water, Right to Medical Care)
Using "Law" as an instrument to fight gender-based discrimination is not entirely noncontroversial. However, it can be rather crucial tool to protect and promote Women rights as Human Rights in the international discourse. In the past few decades we have witnessed a series of international conventions such as the CEDAW (Convention Against All Forms of Discrimination of Women), protection as well as anti-discrimination laws and policies, all with the same goal: to fight the discrimination against women based on gender.
Beginning in 2010, our Gender and Human Rights program has sought to promote and protect political and economic participation, and address gender discrimination through the mechanisms of international and national law. The program investigates methods of legal enforcement of equal rights. The following issues will be discussed:
1. Violence and sexual violence against women in war and in violent conflicts, especially the phenomenon of Feminicidio in Guatemala and Mexico
2. Women and discriminatory working conditions in the South as well as the relationship between Migration and Human Rights violations, for example, in case of migrant women as domestic workers in the North.
3. Women and access to resources (such as Right to Food, Right to Water, Right to Medical Care)