TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Re(gion)alizing women's human rights in Latin America
JO  - Politics and gender
A1  - Friedman, Elisabeth Jay
SP  - 349
EP  - 375
VL  - 5
IS  - 3
N2  - Between 1993 and 2000, nearly every democracy in Latin America passed a law prohibiting domestic violence. Between 2001 and 2006, five countries strengthened their legislation, and Brazil passed its first law. What explains these advances with respect to women's rights? While other work has focused on domestic or international factors, this article brings to light the role of the region. It reveals that the two inter-American women's rights organizations have been active in both establishing regional norms and promoting their national adoption and implementation. While this suggests that regional governance can promote women's social rights, there is no automatic institutionalization of these norms. Case studies on Chile and Brazil illustrate the impact of national context.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1743-923X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X09990171
ID  - ref1
ER  -