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Govaert, Christel (2017)

From “Ghetto” to “Powerhouse”: Women’s Human Rights and the United Nations’ Role as a Developer of International Norms.

Master thesis | International Relations (MA)
The focus of this thesis is to explain how women’s rights were integrated into the mainstream human rights' discussion with the following research question: “How does the United Nations’ role in the intellectual history of human rights discourse help explain the Beijing conference as the turning point for women’s rights and what did the issue of violence against women do to contribute to the inclusion of women’s rights to human rights?”
Women's rights
united nations
violence against women
women's conferences
nairobi
copenhagen
vienna
beijing
Author
Govaert, Christel
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Specialisation
Master International Studies
Supervisors
O'Malley, Alanna
ECTS Credits
15
Language
en