needsa nd experienceosf women.T hey

needsa nd experienceosf women.T heya re gender-specificn formb ut not
in substance.
Othert extsa reb asedo nw omen’ss pecificityy, et theyi nterpreitt in a way
thatl eadst o thee xclusiono f somew omen.I n line with traditionarlo lep atterns,
t hese“ protective”in struments3s6e ew omena s especiallyv ulnerable
andi n needo f protectionF. or examplei,n theU N Declarationo nt heP rotectiono
f Womena nd Childrenin Emergencya nd Armed Conflict( 1974),
womena rep uto nt hes amele vela s childrenT. heya re“ the mostv ulnerable
memberso f thep opulation”(a rticleI ), “defenceless(”a rticle2 ), andi n general
depicteda s passivev ictims.I n the ILO conventionosn nightw ork
(1948) and onw ork in mining( 1935), thep atriarchapl rotectiono f women
even leadst o their exclusionfr om certaint ypeso f activitiesW. hile many
womenm ay agreew ith suchv iewso f femininitya ndm anya lsom ay benefit
fromt hesep rovisionso, thersf eel that this approachd oesn ot do justicet o
thema sp ersonsc apableo f makingt heir ownc hoices.