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
9781936291335
Women--Social conditions--Developing countries Women--Social conditions Women's rights Women