In Pursuit of Justice / by United Nations Development Fund for Women ; Laura Turquet; Papa Seck; Ginette Azcona et al. - New York : United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, [2011]. - 164 p : col ill. ; 28 cm. - Progress of the World's Women 2011-2012 .

Includes bibliographical references

Summary: Description of: the practical barriers that women - particularly the poorest and most excluded - face in negotiating justice systems and the approaches that governments and civil society are pioneering to overcome them; the ways in which women are reconciling guarantees of their rights with the realities of living within plural legal systems; challenges that women face in accessing justice in the aftermath of conflict

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Women--Social conditions--Developing countries
Women--Social conditions
Women's rights
Women