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Too Poor for Rights? Access to Justice for Poor Women in Bangladesh

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  • Hasle , Lena

    (First Secretary, Political Governance, Norwegian Embassy, Lusaka)

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One of the unique claims of the human rights framework, and in particular international human rights law, is its insistence that: "All human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and interrelated (UN doc. A/CONF. 157/23, 1993)" - applicable to all, without discrimination based on race, colour, sex, language, religion, social origin, etc. Despite widespread international acceptance of human rights norms, as signified by the large number of states that have ratified the main international human rights instruments, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - their application remains elusive for many, and in particular for those living in poverty.1 Indeed, as stated by the previous High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, poverty is itself "a denial of a whole range of rights pertaining to the human being, based on each individual's dignity and worth" (UN Doc. E/CN.4/2000/SR.41, 2000)

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  • Hasle , Lena, 2003. "Too Poor for Rights? Access to Justice for Poor Women in Bangladesh," Bangladesh Development Studies, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), vol. 29(3-4), pages 99-136, Sept-Dec.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:badest:0453
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    1. Sohela Nazneen & Simeen Mahmud, 2012. "Gendered politics of securing inclusive development," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series esid-013-12, GDI, The University of Manchester.

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    Keywords

    Violence against women; Husbands; Divorce; Development studies; Domestic violence; Womens rights; Mediation; Poverty; Rule of law;
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    JEL classification:

    • A10 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - General

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