Millns, Susan

Skeet, Charlotte

Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue Canadienne Droit et Société

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            This article analyzes women’s contemporary use of rights to mobilize and pursue claims for gender equality and gender justice in the United Kingdom. Empirically, the paper explores the growth of rights discourse and activity against the backdrop of a stronger constitutionalization of women’s rights at national, European, and international levels. It does this through an exploration of individual and collective lobbying and litigation strategies in relation to violence against women. The paper first examines this in the context of the right to bodily integrity through examples of the ways in which sexual violence and domestic abuse are addressed within the criminal justice system. The paper then addresses the right to be free from violence for women seeking refuge and asylum. The research reveals the need for varied strategies that target all aspects of the legal and political systems in order to ameliorate the protection and implementation of women’s rights.</jats:p

Susan Millns

Charlotte Skeet

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Gender Equality and Legal Mobilization in the United Kingdom: Using Rights for Lobbying, Litigation, Defense, and Attack

Susan Millns (4461817)

Charlotte Skeet (4460719)

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Gender equality and legal mobilization in the United Kingdom: using rights for lobbying, litigation, defense and attack

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/canadian_journal_of_law_and_society/v028/28.2.millns.html

Gender equality and legal mobilization in the United Kingdom: using rights for lobbying, litigation, defense and attack

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