Structural Gender Inequality

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract This chapter analyses the evolving meaning of gender equality in human rights law, situating EU gender equality law within a multi-level legal order. It proceeds from the premise that the international human rights law framework has potential to enrich the analysis of EU law. Drawing on human rights treaties which all EU Member States have ratified—namely the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)—the chapter first explores how sex and gender are conceptualized in human rights law and the debates surrounding these notions. It then analyses gender equality as a spectrum encompassing formal, substantive, and transformative equality, highlighting CEDAW’s ambitious three-dimensional approach. Finally, the chapter identifies key conceptual building blocks through which human rights law addresses structural gender inequality, notably the notions of structural discrimination, gender stereotyping, and intersectionality. By outlining these concepts, the chapter provides an analytical reference point for the examination of EU gender equality law in the following chapters, and offers inspiration for the future development of EU law towards transformative equality.
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Authors Alexandra Timmer, Linda Senden, Susanne Burri
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
DOI
10.1093/law/9780198845256.003.0003
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https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198845256.003.0003
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