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Law, Technology and Women: Challenges and Opportunities

Author: Stellina Jolly

Rs. 625

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ISBN 9788184050585
Year of Publication 2010
Binding HardBound
Pages
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Language English
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The inexorable advance of Science is expanding the breadth and scope of human activity. Its impact can be felt in almost all walks of life. It has contributed to a sea change in individual and community healthcare, communication etc. Along with the multitude of positive impacts in the past few decades, however, we have been faced with a new range of issues including differential gender impact as a result of advancement of technology. The book deals with some of the contentious issues of science and technology with its impact on women. The book tries to analyze how far gender concerns find its place in National and International Human Right doctrines. Focus of the book ranges from Impact of Human Genome Project on Women's dignity an rights, reproductive rights, surrogacy issues, stem cell research and question of women's health etc. The book attempts to find what extent the specificity of issues related to women in relation to scientific and technological issues has sometimes been underestimated in legal and Human Right framework.

Introduction
1 International Human Right Regime and Gender Concerns
2 Human Genome Project and Genetic Testing: Safeguarding Gender Genetic Privacy
3 Stem Cell Research, Impact on Health and Dignity of Women: A Legal and Ethical analysis
4 Reproductive rights: Promoting Self Determination of Women
5 Renting a Womb: Technology and Surrogacy Rights
6 Climate Change and Impact on Women: Need for a New Legal Paradigm
7 Information and Communication Technology and Pornography: A Threat to the Dignity of Women

Stellina Jolly is teaching at University Institute of Legal Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Before joining Panjab University, she has taught at various prestigious law institutes including National Law University Jodhpur, Symbiosis Law College Pune and Army Institute of Law, Mohali, For the past eight years she has concerned herself with various deep issues of Law including Environmental Law, International Law and Bioethics. This deep interest has enabled her to work at various levels with different organizations and institutes. She has to her credit fifty publications at national and international level. She has authored book titled "Climate Change: Changing dimensions of Law and Policy" which has been appreciated at London, Frankfurt and Delhi book festival. She has been associated with various organizations and institutions in a number of projects including Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. She holds a LLM from faculty of law, Delhi University and completed her PhD in the area of Law and Bioethics concerning Human Genome project.

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