gender makes a difference
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Westendorp, I.
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- WER 4 2007
- Thesaurus
- wonen, mensenrechten, wetgeving, huiselijk geweld, politieke participatie, betaalde arbeid, overheidsbeleid, thuislozen, VN
- Description
- The purpose of this study is to examine how gender may have a negative impact on the realization of women’s right to adequate housing and to discuss ways and means to level this barrier. In the first part an inventory is made of the development of international rules and regulations pertaining to the right to adequate housing since the Second World War. The second part discusses all kinds of factors that affect the fulfilment of women’s housing rights. .The third part goes into the adequacy of existing norms and procedures for women’s housing rights. The last part of the study is devoted to monitoring and analysis.