| ID: |
HARP-310 |
| Title: |
Conflicting Equalities? Cultural Group Rights and Sex Equality |
| Source: |
Political Studies, 2000, 48, 3, June, 522-539 |
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| Year: |
2000 |
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| Keywords: |
Canada, culture, gender equality, human rights, multi-culturalism, woman, sexism, indigenous people |
| Abstract: |
This article explores the tensions within multiculturalist theory between the aspiration to promote cultural recognition & the need to promote & protect women’s concern with issues of sex & gender inequality. The article assesses the three main approaches to the reconciliation of sexual equality & group rights: according priority to the traditional values & practices of cultural groups; accepting collective & cultural rights but within a framework of international human rights; & the acceptance of group rights subject to respect for individual rights & freedoms. By focusing on the experience of aboriginal women activists in Canadian politics & their struggle to preserve constitutional sex equality, this article argues that only the third approach provides adequate safeguards for women in their public & private roles. |
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Keywords: Canada, culture, gender equality, human rights, indigenous people, multi-culturalism, sexism, woman
