Annotated Bibliography(Lingli Huang)

Annotated Bibliography
1. Cooper, Belinda; Traugott, Isabel. “Women’s rights and Security in Central Asia”
World Policy Journal, Spring 2003, Vol. 20Issue 1, P59, 9P ;(AN 9629136). Academic
Search Premier. 2010/3/21.
This article comments on the rights and security of women in Central Asia. Need of the U.S. government to recognize that promoting women's rights can further U.S. security interests and lay the groundwork for resistance to terrorism; Criticism of the U.S. on the human rights record of Uzbekistan; Assistance of the U.S. to Central Asian countries through the United States Agency for International Development; Role of women in the drug trade.
2. Allen, Charlotte. “Boys Only” New republic, 3/9/92, vol. 206 Issue 10, p16-18, 3p; (AN 12006750). Academic Search Premier. 2010/3/21.
This article focuses on the issue of sex-selection abortion; Overview of positions of geneticists, medical ethicists and feminists on the issue; Sophistication of prenatal genetic screening; Suggestion from pregnant women to perform amniocentesis or the newer chorionic villus sampling of placental tissue to determine fetal sex for reasons unconnected to transmitting a gender-linked disease such as hemophilia; Deduction that abortions appear to occur among women from Asian countries where preference for male children is exceedingly strong and outright female infanticide not unheard of; Opposition to sex selection.
3. Chang-Ling Huang. “Democracy and the politics of Difference: Gender Quota in Taiwan” Conference Papers—American Political Science Association,2002 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, p1-21, 21p, 1 Diagram, 4 Charts; (AN 17986627). Academic Search Premier.
Compared to most Asian countries, Taiwan has a higher percentage of women holding elected offices. How and why Taiwanese women have achieved this greater degree of gender parity in politics is a question not only intellectually intriguing but also politically important. This paper argues that Taiwanese women have enjoyed a higher degree of political participation because Taiwanese feminists in recent years have helped to transform an old institutional design into a new and forward-looking system. The old institutional design is the reserved-seats system that has been a constitutionalized political practice in Taiwan for decades, and the forward-looking system is to set a gender quota for presidential...
4. “UN conference debates meaning of human rights” Africa Report, Jul/Aug 93, Vol. 38 Issue 4, p10,2/3p; (AN 9309015878). Academic Search Premier.
Reports on the United Nations Conference on Human Rights in Vienna in June, 1993. Western concept of universal application of human rights; Less developed nations' advocation of recognition of religious, cultural and economic factors; Asian countries' proposal for region-by-region basis of application; Non-conditional development aid; Women's rights.
5. Soo Jung Jang. “Hlobal women’s movements and Korean gender policy discourse” International Social Work, Nov2009, Vol. 52 Issue 6, p831-835; (AN 45059256). Academic Search Premier.
The article discusses the changes in gender policies that have been affected by global discourse in South Korea. It notes that the women's agenda that are based on human rights have pushed government to establish new legislation for women including the Korea government; however, the government is likely to establish policies that disregard various women's situations. Lastly, women's issues cannot be unified in a general national policy if women's circumstances remain diverse. Therefore, various strategies to address specific practices in local contexts are necessary.
6. Santos, Pedro. “Gender and political Actors: Explaining Women’s Rights Legislation in Brazil” Conference papers—Midwestern Political Science Association, 2009 Annual Meeting, p1, 33p; (AN 45301740). Academic Search Prenier.
What is the real impact of women's representation on policy changes in Latin American countries? This essay will focus on one country- Brazil- and look at the impact of low representation in the implementation of policies targeted directly to women's rights. In the case of Brazil, the critical mass literature does not explain why we see some success in certain aspects of women's rights legislation, while seeing almost no change in other areas. In order to explore women's rights issues this paper focus on two specific policy debates that have been widely discussed in Brazil in the recent years: domestic violence and reproductive rights, more specifically, abortion rights. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript