Women’s Human Rights in the Governance of the Arctic – Gender Equality and Violence against Indigenous Women
Previous studies show a lack of deference and activities when it comes to women’s human rights and gender equality in the multi-level governance of the Arctic. According to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, women in the Arctic are vulnerable, in particular indigenous...
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crbrillap:10.1163/22116427_009010004 2023-05-15T14:42:02+02:00 Women’s Human Rights in the Governance of the Arctic – Gender Equality and Violence against Indigenous Women Burman, Monica Svensson, Eva-Maria 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22116427_009010004 https://brill.com/view/journals/yplo/9/1/article-p53_4.xml unknown Brill The Yearbook of Polar Law Online volume 9, issue 1, page 53-78 ISSN 1876-8814 2211-6427 journal-article 2018 crbrillap https://doi.org/10.1163/22116427_009010004 2022-12-11T12:46:40Z Previous studies show a lack of deference and activities when it comes to women’s human rights and gender equality in the multi-level governance of the Arctic. According to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, women in the Arctic are vulnerable, in particular indigenous and rural women. Their rights are not upheld in the Arctic states for example when it comes to exposure to violence, equal participation in governing bodies, and economic self-support. The public governing bodies have almost no focus on gender equality at all, despite far-reaching international obligations and, for several of the states, national ambitious agendas for gender equality politics. International instruments with obligations to strive for gender equality, such as the CEDAW, the ILO Convention 169 and UNDRIP, are scarcely referred to and not sufficiently implemented by the public governance bodies. The aim of this article is to raise awareness of the obligations set up by human rights documents to promote women’s rights in the governance of the Arctic, in order to put pressure on the states to develop strategies for a future gender equal governance. We have a special focus on the general lack of awareness within public governance, and on men’s intimate partner violence against indigenous women. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Yearbook of Polar Law Brill (via Crossref) Arctic The Yearbook of Polar Law Online 9 1 53 78 |
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Previous studies show a lack of deference and activities when it comes to women’s human rights and gender equality in the multi-level governance of the Arctic. According to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, women in the Arctic are vulnerable, in particular indigenous and rural women. Their rights are not upheld in the Arctic states for example when it comes to exposure to violence, equal participation in governing bodies, and economic self-support. The public governing bodies have almost no focus on gender equality at all, despite far-reaching international obligations and, for several of the states, national ambitious agendas for gender equality politics. International instruments with obligations to strive for gender equality, such as the CEDAW, the ILO Convention 169 and UNDRIP, are scarcely referred to and not sufficiently implemented by the public governance bodies. The aim of this article is to raise awareness of the obligations set up by human rights documents to promote women’s rights in the governance of the Arctic, in order to put pressure on the states to develop strategies for a future gender equal governance. We have a special focus on the general lack of awareness within public governance, and on men’s intimate partner violence against indigenous women. |
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