Ecuador: Between The Dock And A Hard Place - Hazards And Opportunities Of Legal Pluralism For Indigenous Women In Ecuador

Ecuador: Between The Dock And A Hard Place - Hazards And Opportunities Of Legal Pluralism For Indigenous Women In Ecuador   Manuela Lavinas Picq, 2012   This article examines the challenges and opportunities of indigenous justice for women in Ecuador. The legal recognition of indigenous justice is a major component of democratization in the region. Yet it also raises the risk of institutionalizing detrimental gender biases within indigenous forms of law. Taking the Remache case as a...

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