Human rights and gender politics in the Asia-Pacific (Routledge, 2000)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: gender politics and the reimagining of human rights in the Asia-Pacific - Maila Stivens -- - Sexual violence, silence, and human rights discourse: the emergence of the military prostitution issue - Vera Mackie -- - The state and the women's movement: instabilities in the discourse of 'rights' in India - Kalpana Ram -- - Dead daughters, dissident sons, and human rights in China - Antonia Finnane -- - Human rights of gendered citizens: notes from Indonesia - Krishna Sen -- - Woman ikat raet long human raet o no?: women's rights, human rights, and domestic violence in Vanuatu - Margaret Jolly -- - 'Hear us, women of Papua New Guinea!': Melanesian women and human rights - Martha Macintyre -- - Contemplacion fiasco: the hanging of a Filipino domestic worker in Singapore - Anne-Marie Hilsdon -- - Mothers of the disappeared in the diaspora: globalization and human rights - Beryl Langer -- - Emergence of 'modern' gay identities and the question of human rights - Dennis Altman