Gender, Planning and Human Rights

Tovi Fenster is a lecturer in Geography and Planning at Tel Aviv University, Israel.

• Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Gender and Human Rights, Tovi Fenster; Part 2 Gender, Planning and Human Rights; Chapter 2 Women, Planning and Local Central Relations in the UK, Jo Little; Chapter 3 Culture, Human Rights and Planning (As Control) for Minority Women in Israel, Tovi Fenster; Chapter 4 Intersecting Claims, Marcia Wallace, Beth Moore Milroy; Chapter 5 The Gender Inequalities of Planning in Singapore, Gillian Davidson; Part 3 Gender, Development and Policy-Making Within the Human Rights Context; Chapter 6 Households, Violence and Women’s Economic Rights, Ann M. Oberhauser; Chapter 7 Gender, Informal Employment and the Right to Productive Resources, Maureen Hays-Mitchell; Chapter 8 Gender, Migrants and Rights in the European Union, Eleonore Kofman; Chapter 9 Does Cultural Survival have a Gender?, Deborah Bird Rose; Chapter 10 Women and Human Rights in Post-Communist Countries, Ji?ina Šiklová; Part 4 Conclusion; Chapter 11 Gender, Planning and Human Rights, Tovi Fenster;

"this book is exceptionally innovative in the manner in which it introduces the issue of human rights from a geographical perspective...well-written and provides a stimulating read thanks to its clear contextualisations, its in-depth research into case-studies, and its extensive references and up-to-date bibliography" Regional Studies Vol 33. 8