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Gender Equality and Legal Mobilization in the United Kingdom: Using Rights for Lobbying, Litigation, Defense, and Attack

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 June 2013

Susan Millns  and
Charlotte Skeet
Susan Millns
Affiliation:
School of Law, Politics and SociologyUniversity of SussexUK
Charlotte Skeet
Affiliation:
School of Law, Politics and SociologyUniversity of SussexUK
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Abstract

This article analyzes women’s contemporary use of rights to mobilize and pursue claims for gender equality and gender justice in the United Kingdom. Empirically, the paper explores the growth of rights discourse and activity against the backdrop of a stronger constitutionalization of women’s rights at national, European, and international levels. It does this through an exploration of individual and collective lobbying and litigation strategies in relation to violence against women. The paper first examines this in the context of the right to bodily integrity through examples of the ways in which sexual violence and domestic abuse are addressed within the criminal justice system. The paper then addresses the right to be free from violence for women seeking refuge and asylum. The research reveals the need for varied strategies that target all aspects of the legal and political systems in order to ameliorate the protection and implementation of women’s rights.

Résumé

Le présent article analyse l’utilisation contemporaine des droits des femmes pour se mobiliser et présenter des réclamations visant l’égalité entre les sexes et la justice sexospécifique au Royaume-Uni. Empiriquement, l’article explore la croissance du discours et des activités sur les droits dans le cadre d’une constitutionnalisation plus forte des droits des femmes aux niveaux national, européen et international. Pour ce faire, l’article explore des stratégies de lobbying et de procédures individuelles et collectives en relation avec la violence faite aux femmes. Il examine d’abord cela dans le contexte du droit à l’intégrité physique à l’aide d’exemples de moyens par lesquels la maltraitance sexuelle et la violence familiale sont réglées dans le système de justice pénale. L’article aborde ensuite le droit pour les femmes qui cherchent un refuge et un asile d’être à l’abri de la violence. L’étude révèle le besoin de diverses stratégies qui ciblent tous les aspects des systèmes judiciaire et politique afin d’améliorer la protection et la mise en œuvre des droits des femmes.

Keywords

genderequalityUnited Kingdomasylumsexual violencehuman rightsHuman Rights Act 1998genreégalitéRoyaume-Uniasileviolence sexuelledroits de l’hommeLoi sur les droits de la personne (1998)
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Canadian Journal of Law and Society / La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société , Volume 28 , Special Issue 2: Gender Equality, Legal Mobilization, and Feminism in a Multilevel European System , August 2013 , pp. 169 - 188
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Copyright © Canadian Law and Society Association / Association Canadienne Droit et Société 2013 

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