women-and-the-un-a-new-history-of-womens-international-human-rights.toc

1,Women and the UN,2
1,Routledge Explorations in Development Studies,3
1,Contents,8
1,Contributors,10
1,"Introductory note Learning journey for a feminist: Making women visible, recognizing women’s achievements, and demanding power to women",14
2,Feminist in male-dominated society,14
2,San Francisco 1945,15
2,Getting UN history right,17
2,Slow progress,17
2,Notes,18
2,Bibliography,18
1,Preface Women of the UN: Shifting the Narrative by Revealing Forgotten Voices,19
2,Rediscovering women in history,20
2,Why are women in history forgotten?,21
2,Advocating for change,22
2,Notes,24
2,Bibliography,25
1,1 From women’s rights to human rights The influence of Pan-American feminism on the United Nations,28
2,Introduction,28
2,Pan-American feminism’s equal rights treaty,29
2,Popular front Pan-American Feminism: From equal rights to human rights,32
2,Towards the United Nations: Women’s rights and human rights,33
2,Pan-American feminism shapes the United Nations,35
2,Pan-American feminist legacies in the UN and human rights,38
2,Notes,40
2,Bibliography,42
1,2 The Latin American women How they shaped the UN Charter and why Southern agency is forgotten,44
2,Introduction,44
2,Contesting the global hegemonic orthodoxy: Global IR and feminist critique,46
2,The Latin American contribution to women’s rights at the UNCIO,47
3,Women delegates at the UNCIO,48
2,How women’s rights were included in the UN charter,48
3,The equal rights of men and women,49
3,Nondiscrimination based on sex,49
3,Article 8—Equal participation in the United Nations,50
3,The origins of a separate commission on the status of women,51
2,Southern women delegates and Western resistance,51
3,Human rights and the UN Charter,53
2,Locating agency in the South,53
3,The limitations of third world feminism in locating positive agency from the South,54
2,Conclusion,57
2,Notes,58
2,Bibliography,63
1,3 Excavating hidden histories Indian women in the early history of the United Nations,66
2,Introduction,66
2,The most remembered: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit,67
2,The most remembered: Hansa Mehta,70
2,The forgotten envoys: Begum Shareefah Hamid Ali and Lakshmi Menon,73
2,Conclusion,76
2,Notes,76
2,Bibliography,80
1,4 International welfare feminism CSW navigating cold war tensions 1949,82
2,Introduction,82
2,“International welfare feminism” – a hidden historical narrative in the UN?,83
2,Equal pay for women and the need for a separate female division within the ILO,85
2,Resistance from US women’s organisations of all-female UN body,85
2,Reverting the notion of “equal pay” for women,88
2,Equal pay for women—a question for the Commission on the Status of Women?,90
2,International welfare feminism and its relevance today,92
2,Notes,93
2,Bibliography,96
1,"5 Universal human rights for women UN engagement with traditional abuses, 1948–1965",98
2,Introduction,98
2,Manufacturing monolithic cultures: Colonial cynicism on human rights for women,101
2,“Awaiting release from the yoke imposed on them by custom:” Navigating custom in the convention on marriage,104
2,Conclusions: Traditional abuses or abuses of tradition?,108
2,Notes,109
2,Bibliography,113
1,"6 Feminism, global inequality, and the 1975 Mexico city conference",115
2,Introduction,115
2,History of international conferences on women,116
2,International women’s year,118
2,1975 conference on women,119
3,The world plan of action,122
2,Outcome,125
2,Conclusion,126
2,Notes,126
2,Bibliography,129
1,7 Who wrote CEDAW?,131
2,Introduction,131
2,Getting to a declaration on women’s rights,132
2,Who was Annie Jiagge?,134
2,Leticia Ramos Shahani and the drafting of the CEDAW,138
2,Conclusion,145
2,Notes,146
2,Bibliography,150
1,8 Were children’s rights ever a feminist project?,152
2,Introduction,152
2,From human rights to children’s rights,154
2,Gender and the UN convention on the rights of the Child,156
2,Concluding reflections,160
2,Notes,162
2,Bibliography,164
1,"9 Creating UNSCR 1325 Women who served as initiators, drafters, and strategists",166
2,Introduction,166
2,The Sponsor,166
2,The Windhoek Declaration and the Namibian Plan of Action on mainstreaming a gender perspective in multidimensional peace support operations,168
2,Beijing +5,170
2,Advocating to the security council,170
2,Socializing and drafting,172
2,Arria formula meeting,173
2,Open debate,175
2,Conclusion,177
2,Acknowledgement,177
2,Notes,178
2,Bibliography,184
1,10 Commentary The restorative archeology of knowledge about the role of women in the history of the UN – Theoretical implications for international relations,188
2,Varieties of agency,190
2,Notes,193
2,Bibliography,194
1,Index,196