When and Why do Governments Promote Women's Rights? Toward a Comparative Politics of States and Sex Equality

When and Why do Governments Promote Women's Rights? Toward a Comparative Politics of States and Sex Equality

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Htun, M. N. , 2007-08-30 "When and Why do Governments Promote Women's Rights? Toward a Comparative Politics of States and Sex Equality" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL Online <PDF>. 2009-05-27 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p208960_index.html

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WHEN AND WHY DO GOVERNMENTS PROMOTE WOMEN’S RIGHTS? TOWARD A COMPARATIVE POLITICS OF STATES AND SEX EQUALITY Mala Htun New School for Social Research and S. Laurel Weldon Purdue University Paper prepared for delivery at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting Chicago August 29-September 2 2007 In Pakistan a woman who reports rape can expect to be charged with adultery; in neighboring India women-run police stations and new legal devices empowervictims of violence and help state officials prosecute

of the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Its Causes and Consequences. New York: United Nations http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw /csw. World Bank. 1995. Advancing Gender Equality: From Concept to Action. Washington D.C.: World Bank. http://www.worldbank.org/html/extpb/abshtml/13405.htm 32 World Bank. 1998. Mainstreaming Gender and Development in the Wor Bank: Progress ld and Recommendations Washington D.C.: World Bank 1998. http://www.worldbank.org/html/extpb/abshtml/14262.htm. World Bank. 2005. Genderstats. Database of Gender Statistics. Available at: http://genderstats.worldbank.org/home.asp 33

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