Social and economic rights to challenge violence against women – examining and extending strategies

Goldblatt, B

Social and economic rights to challenge violence against women – examining and extending strategies

Goldblatt, B

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: South African Journal on Human Rights, 2019, 35 (2), pp. 169 - 193
Issue Date:: 2019-04-03

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dc.contributor.author	Goldblatt, B https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4687-3176	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-04-03	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	South African Journal on Human Rights, 2019, 35 (2), pp. 169 - 193	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0258-7203	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/132918
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 South African Journal on Human Rights. Violence against women and poverty are closely connected. Measures to address this violence must tackle the social and economic factors that contribute to gender inequality. Violence against women is now recognised as a human rights violation but this is often understood narrowly in relation to violations of civil and political rights. Social and economic rights offer rich possibilities to look beyond punitive responses to violence to more preventative measures that take account of systemic inequalities. This article examines some of the reasons why these rights have not been sufficiently developed and engaged. Drawing on the views and activities of South African public interest lawyers, researchers and activists working on violence against women as well as those involved with work on gendered poverty and service delivery, it suggests how social and economic rights might be further developed and applied in challenging this violence.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	South African Journal on Human Rights	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/02587203.2019.1615351	en_US
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dc.title	Social and economic rights to challenge violence against women – examining and extending strategies	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	35	en_US
utslib.for	1801 Law	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law
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Abstract:

© 2019 South African Journal on Human Rights. Violence against women and poverty are closely connected. Measures to address this violence must tackle the social and economic factors that contribute to gender inequality. Violence against women is now recognised as a human rights violation but this is often understood narrowly in relation to violations of civil and political rights. Social and economic rights offer rich possibilities to look beyond punitive responses to violence to more preventative measures that take account of systemic inequalities. This article examines some of the reasons why these rights have not been sufficiently developed and engaged. Drawing on the views and activities of South African public interest lawyers, researchers and activists working on violence against women as well as those involved with work on gendered poverty and service delivery, it suggests how social and economic rights might be further developed and applied in challenging this violence.

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