Short description:

Through a comparative analysis involving 15 countries from around the world this book provides an invaluable assessment of women?s equality at the global level.

Long description:

Through a comparative analysis involving 13 countries from Africa, America, Asia and Europe, this book provides an invaluable assessment of women?s equality at the global level.

The work focuses on formal constitutional provisions as well as the substantial level of protection women?s equality has achieved in the systems analysed. The investigations look at the relevant gender-related legislation, the participation of women in the institutional arena and the constitutional interpretation made by constitutional justice on gender issues. Furthermore, the book highlights women?s contributions in their roles as judges, parliamentarians, activists and academics, thus increasing the visibility of their participation in the public sphere.

The work will be of interest to academics, researchers and policy-makers working in the areas of Constitutional Law, Comparative Law, Human Rights Law and Women?s and Gender Studies.

Table of Contents:

Introduction. Women?s Rights and Gender Equality in the Twenty-First Century: A Relevant Comparative Constitutional Issue. Part I ? Women?s Rights in European Constitutions. 1 Gender Equality in the Republic of Croatia: Two Steps Forwards, One Step Back. 2 From Equality to the Failed "Legislative Breach of Gender" in Germany. 3 Gender Equality and Constitutional Interpretation: Hungary. 4 The Protection of Women?s Rights in Italy: A Constant "Dialogue" Between the Legislator and Constitutional Judges. 5 Rise and Fall of Gender Equality in Poland. 6 Spain, an Ongoing Transition Towards Gender Equality. Part II ? Women?s Rights in American Constitutions. 7 The Legal Development of the Pursuit of Gender Equality in Argentina. 8 Feminism for a Future of Brazilian Constitutionalism. 9 Gender Equality and Women's Rights in Mexico: From a "Gendered Constitutional and Legislative Framework" to "Pandemic" Violence against Women. 10 Gender Equality and Women's Rights in the US Constitutional Framework: A Stalled Past and an Uncertain Future. Part III ? Women?s Rights in African and Asian Constitutions. 11 Gender Equality in Ethiopia: The Interaction of Secular, Religious, and Customary Law. 12 Onnazaka: The "Women's Slope" Towards Gender Equality in Japan. 13 Women?s Rights in the Constitutional Framework of Kyrgyzstan. Conclusions. Are Women?s Rights a Reality in the Twenty-First-Century Comparative Constitutional Law? Some Final Remarks.