In the Andean region of Latin America over one million adolescent girls get pregnant every
year. Adolescent pregnancy (AP) has been associated with adverse health and social …

This books draws on feminist commentary from the disciplines of anthropology, history, law,
politics and sociology in order to deal with the phenomenon of modern-day witchcraft. It …

This book evaluates the effectiveness of current international human rights law, and in
particular the recent Istanbul Convention, in eradicating so-called honour killings in Turkey …

Accounts of human beings as vulnerable have provided powerful reposts to liberal
individualism in recent decades. Concurrently, the European Court of Human Rights' …

Sex equality—a significant contribution to the international human rights canon—was one of
the legitimating principles of socialist states in Eastern Europe and, at least formally, of their …

In recent years, there have been significant challenges to women's rights. In addition to
external attacks, internal challenges include a dichotomous, oppositional and gendered …

Adolescent pregnancy has been associated with adverse health and social outcomes, but it
has also been favorably viewed as a pathway to adulthood. In Ecuador, where 20% of girls …

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West African women are entitled to seek relief for their human rights violations by means of
two parallel African systems for the protection of human rights, the African system at the …

The chapter sets out the role for international human rights law on the Internet. It addresses
two questions: is there a human right to access the Internet and how do human rights apply …