Of robes, rosaries and gavels: the evolution of gender equality policies in the Philippines

Diplôme Thèse Of robes, rosaries and gavels: the evolution of gender equality policies in the Philippines eng 2019-01-29 author Avramovska Elena 838064 director Lieber Gabbiani Marylene 0000-0001-9038-8528 113012 Marylene Lieber director Paternotte David 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:117779 urn:nbn:ch:unige-1177799 SdS 114 The PhD research traces the evolution of gender equality policies in the Philippines. While the country is a forerunner in Southeast Asia in terms of enacting gender policies in the spheres of political participation, gender budgeting and violence against women, reproductive health rights are highly contested and abortion and divorce remain prohibited. Finding the origin of these diverging policy developments is the aim of this research. In contrast to prevailing scholarship that examines the Philippines' gender policy terrain through the impact of international norms, this thesis adopts the theoretical lens of historical institutionalism and shifts the investigation to the domestic level. Through the application of in-depth process tracing, it sheds new light to the puzzle. Based on the empirical findings, the thesis posits that continuous competition of the Philippine Catholic Church and the state has shaped the archipelago's diverging policy arenas with regards to gender equality. Dewey 305.3 190 Institut des études genre TA false a45dabf9-4f9b-4692-bbaa-6cf59b78f8fe Thesis Private ElenaAvramovska_Thesis_UNIGE.pdf 11466993 application/pdf 23cc77c47d853b1761101eb3acbfa1fad1a5992f738fdd7040cdbd8c4a93dd70 closedAccess Faculté des sciences de la société / Institut des études genre

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