We investigate the effect of Islamist terrorist activity on women's economic, political and legal position in society … groups is associated with lower levels of women's empowerment and rights. Various instrumental-variable approaches yield the … same conclusion, suggesting that the adverse effect of Islamist terrorism on women' rights is causal. Further emphasizing …

reversal of rights already granted to women. Using the case of abortion rights in El Salvador, this paper investigates the … following questions: What are the likely causes of rights reversals? How might rights reversals be more consequential for women …

engage "women's rights" - focusing on sexual suffering and victimization -- to frame interventions, attract media and …

The Magna Carta of Women (R.A. 7910) is the Philippines comprehensive women's human rights law. The Magna Carta of … Women is found to be consistent with Rawlsian notions of justice, particularly when it undertakes inequality evaluation in … primary goods. Identity-based inequality evaluation is also present in the Magna Carta of Women as implied in its definition …

that battering is a heinous crime, more egregious than garden-variety assault. I know all too well how far the pendulum has … unmoor crime from its social roots. The Article argues that in recent times, victims' rights reformers and the government … rather to further a pro-criminalization agenda. In addition, feminists, whose original program was to vindicate women …

, the current situation of women in the society was examined and the examples of state programs for ensuring gender equality …

conclusions show that some of the factors that influence women career paths are discrimination, motherhood, glass-ceiling, double …