Women’s Empowerment and Its Limits

Elisa Fornalé is Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Professor at the World Trade Institute in Bern, Switzerland, where she leads the SNSF Project Gender Equality in the Mirror. She is the Co-Rapporteur of the ILA Committee on Sea Level Rise and International Law). Her main research includes international migration law, human rights and climate change.

Federica Cristani is a senior researcher at the Centre for International Law of the Institute of International Relations in Prague (CZ) and Visiting Senior Researcher at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland (FI). She is also Co-Chair of the Coordinating Committee of the Interest Group on International Economic Law of the European Society of International Law (ESIL). Her main research interests include international economic law and international law of cyberspace.

Part I: Know the Limits: The Status of Women Empowerment in the Sustainability Discourse.- 1: Women Empowerment: An Historical Introduction.- 2: Achievements and Hurdles towards Beijing+20: Women's Human Rights under Democratic Regression.- 3: Minority Women, Human Rights and Culture in the Multicultural Discourse.- Part II: Test the Limits: Where is Gender Equality in the Sustainable Development Policy Framework?- 4: Including the Gender Dimension in the 'Investment and Sustainable Development' discourse: Where Do We Stand Now?- 5: Building Resilience or Just Coping with Climate Change and Disasters? Insights from the Pacific.- 6: The Ambivalent Parity- The Constitution and Women's Rights.- Part III: Cross the Limits: Innovation for Engendering Sustainable Development.- 7: Data Feminization.- 8: A Story to Be Told - When the Internet Works for Women and Gender Diverse People.- 9: Space4Women - Challenges and Opportunities.- 10: On the Road to Post-Sustainability.