Title Obligations and omissions : Canada's ambiguous actions on gender equality / edited by Rebecca Tiessen and Stephen Baranyi

Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Series McGill-Queen's studies in gender, sexuality, and social justice in the Global South ; 1 McGill-Queen's studies in gender, sexuality, and social justice in the global south ; 1. Contents Introduction: Canada's ambiguous actions on gender equality -- 1. Did changes in official language lead to spending shifts? -- 2. Missed oppotunity: a discursive analysis of Canada's committments to maternal health under the Muskoka Initiative -- 3. Queer Canada? The Harper government and international lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex rights -- 4. Criminals or victims? An analysis of the Harper Conservatives' efforts on the sex trade and human trafficking -- 5. Lost without way-finders? Disability, gender, and Canadian foreign and development policy -- 6 Gold 'n' girls: why Canada weds gender equality with mining capitalism in Burkina Faso -- 7. Canada, women, and artisanal mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- 8. Discourse and whole-of-government: the instrumentalization of gender in the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team -- 9. The gendered politics of deceit in Egypt: the instrumentalization of women's rights for an international geostrategic agenda -- 10. The erasure of gender in Canada-Haiti cooperation? -- 11. Not high on our radar? The Harper government and missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada -- Conclusions: looking back and moving forward Summary "Obligations and Omissions: Canada's Ambiguous Actions on Gender Equality offers a critical analysis of Canada's commitments to gender equality programming. The chapters in this collection document Canada's equivocal approach, and overall diminished role, in the promotion of gender equality between 2006 and 2015. Drawing on rich theoretical analysis, empirical research and discourse analysis, the chapters reveal a complex picture of diverse practices in this time frame, underscoring the implications of these actions for communities in the Global South, for Canada's image in the international community and for future governments in the pursuit of a renewed gender equality strategy."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Women's rights -- Government policy -- Developing countries -- Canada Women's rights -- Developing countries -- International cooperation Sex discrimination against women -- Government policy -- Developing countries -- Canada Sex discrimination against women -- Developing countries Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Developing countries Women -- Government policy -- Developing countries SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Diplomatic relations Sex discrimination against women Sex discrimination against women -- Government policy Women -- Government policy Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. Women's rights -- Government policy Women's rights -- International cooperation SUBJECT Canada -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries Developing countries -- Foreign relations -- Canada Subject Canada Developing countries Form Electronic book Author Baranyi, Stephen, 1962- editor Tiessen, Rebecca, 1970- editor. ISBN 9780773550254 0773550259 9780773550261 0773550267

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