Access to justice for women in plural legal systems of Southeast Asia

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ISBN	9789746803786 (pbk.)
Call Number	HQ1237.5.T5 U823 2016
Author	Ursua, Evalyn G.
Title	Access to justice for women in plural legal systems of Southeast Asia / Evalyn G. Ursua
Imprint	Bangkok : UN Women, 2016.
Physical	27 p. ; 30 cm.
Note	With the growing recognition that laws and justice systems are not adequately working for women, Justice Base led a research report to examine women access to justice in the formal and informal processes, decision-makers and institutions that play a role in resolving dispute involving women in Myanmar. Traditional dispute mechanisms are often preferred by women because of the high cost of the state legal system, corruption, gender bias, and language barriers for ethnic minorities who are non-Myanmar language speakers. However Women face inadequate normative protection due to legal, institutional and sociocultural barriers. Customary practices lead the women to frequently disregard legal issues or drop cases especially regarding domestic violence or sexual abuses because of discriminatory norms and the negatives social impacts for women who pursue redress due to believes that consider that these women lost their dignity.
Subject	Restorative justice--Southeast Asia
Subject	Community-based corrections--Southeast Asia
Subject	Justice, Administration of--Southeast Asia
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520^aWiththegrowingrecognitionthatlawsandjusticesystemsarenotadequatelyworkingforwomen,JusticeBaseledaresearchreporttoexaminewomenaccesstojusticeintheformalandinformalprocesses,decision-makersandinstitutionsthatplayaroleinresolvingdisputeinvolvingwomeninMyanmar.Traditionaldisputemechanismsareoftenpreferredbywomenbecauseofthehighcostofthestatelegalsystem,corruption,genderbias,andlanguagebarriersforethnicminoritieswhoarenon-Myanmarlanguagespeakers.HoweverWomenfaceinadequatenormativeprotectionduetolegal,institutionalandsocioculturalbarriers.Customarypracticesleadthewomentofrequentlydisregardlegalissuesordropcasesespeciallyregardingdomesticviolenceorsexualabusesbecauseofdiscriminatorynormsandthenegativessocialimpactsforwomenwhopursueredressduetobelievesthatconsiderthatthesewomenlosttheirdignity.

536 ^aWith the compliments of Mrs. Angkhana Neelapaijit

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