A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book

Promoting Gender Equality




AuthorsJohanna Niemi

EditorsPia Letto-Vanamo, Ditlev Tamm, Bent Ole Gram Mortensen

Publication year2019

Book title Nordic Law in European Context

Series titleIus Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice

Volume73

First page 79

Last page95

Number of pages16

ISBN978-3-030-03005-6

eISBN978-3-030-03006-3

ISSN1534-6781

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03006-3

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/37512552


Abstract

The article discusses the Nordic legal feminism in the light of the phases of feminist theory. Nordic gender equality policy and law have been integrated with the welfare state, promoting general equality. All Nordic countries have ascribed to strategic equality policies, however, with somewhat different vigour. In all these countries gender equality laws have been assigned an active role in promoting equality and preventing discrimination. Lately, research in law and gender has turned to theory and gender and sex are seen as socially constructed through legal discourses and practices in all fields of law. The chapter argues that different feminist approaches are still relevant for the analysis of law.




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