Culture, religion and women’s international human rights

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Author	Raday, Frances
Copyright Year	2016
Description	The human rights regime mandates equality for women in all spheres of life. It recognizes the entitlement of women to equal personhood. Indeed, the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has entrenched women's entitlement to equality in an international bill of women's human rights, requiring equality de jure and de facto. Although patriarchy is strongly rooted in all traditionalist cultures, the chapter focuses here on religious patriarchy for two reasons. The first is that at the level of both international law and constitutional laws of many states, there is a high level of deference to religious norms or values which is not bestowed on cultural norms or values. The second is that religion is commonly recognized as an institutionalized belief system and as such it has a concentrated form of social or political power which in culture is diffused.The human rights regime mandates equality for women in all spheres of life. It recognizes the entitlement of women to equal personhood. Indeed, the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has entrenched women's entitlement to equality in an international bill of women's human rights, requiring equality de jure and de facto. Although patriarchy is strongly rooted in all traditionalist cultures, the chapter focuses here on religious patriarchy for two reasons. The first is that at the level of both international law and constitutional laws of many states, there is a high level of deference to religious norms or values which is not bestowed on cultural norms or values. The second is that religion is commonly recognized as an institutionalized belief system and as such it has a concentrated form of social or political power which in culture is diffused. Book Name: Women's Rights and Religious Law
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Ending Page	31
Page Count	19
Starting Page	13
DOI	10.4324/9781315720005-2
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2016-02-12
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: Women's Rights and Religious Law International Relations Religion Human Rights Religious Cultural Patriarchy Entitlement Recognized
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter