The Circle of Empowerment

by Schopp-Schilling, Hanna Beate

• ISBN13: 9781558615632
• ISBN10: 1558615636
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-26
• Publisher: Feminist Pr

Summary

Adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is the most important human rights treaty for women ever created. The United States is still the only industrialized country that has yet to ratify it.

Table of Contents

Message on Cedaw's Twenty-Fifth Anniversary	p. 1
Introduction and Acknowledgments	p. 3
Personal Reflection	p. 7
In Celebration
The Convention as a Living Instrument
The Nature and Scope of the Convention	p. 10
Personal Reflection	p. 30
Interpreting the Convention
Relationships with un Conferences, Specialized Agencies, Programs, and Funds	p. 36
Overarching Challenges
Universalizing Women's Human Rights Through Cedaw	p. 52
Culture, Religion, and Cedaw's Article 5 (A)	p. 68
Personal Reflections	p. 86
In the Muslim World
From the Arab Region
Education and Legal Literacy	p. 90
Personal Reflections	p. 104
Persistent Discrimination
Private Global Enterprises, International Trade, and Finance	p. 106
Specific Challenges
Poverty, Prostitution, and Trafficking	p. 124
Personal Reflection	p. 141
Rethinking Prostitution and Trafficking
Unfinished Battles: Political and Public Life	p. 145
Impediments to Progress: The Formal Labor Market	p. 159
Personal Reflection	p. 179
Opportunities and Traps-The Informal Labor Market
The Female Face of Migration	p. 183
Women's Health: Accommodating Difference	p. 196
Rights of Rural Women: Examples From Latin America	p. 212
Cedaw and Violence Against Women: Providing the "Missing Link"	p. 223
Women in War and Its Aftermath: Liberia	p. 234
The Work of the Committee
The Nature and Mandate of the Committee	p. 248
Personal Reflections	p. 262
Support by the un Division for the Advancement of Women
The Early Years
Challenging Governments
The First Twelve Years
The Middle Years
Outreach and Impact
Dual Perspectives
Working for Equality
Achievements and Obstacles
Challenges and Impacts
Progress and Obstacles
On Twenty Years of Involvement
Strengthening Women's Human Rights Through Individual Complaints	p. 286
The Juarez Murders and the Inquiry Procedure	p. 298
Personal Reflection	p. 309
The Circle of Empowerment	p. 309
From Global to Local: The Involvement of Ngos	p. 313
Personal Reflections	p. 326
Achieving Fruitful Results
A Lawyer's Perspective
Th Finnish Act on Equality
A Source of Inspiration
An Important Part of History
Spreading the Convention's Norms Through Education
Remaining Challenges and the Way Forward
Personal Reflections	p. 340
Thoughts on the Committee's Past, Hopes for its Future
Important Changes and Further Reforms Needed
Reflections on the Future
Works Cited	p. 352
Contributors' Biographies	p. 367
Text of the Convention	p. 377
Text of the Optional Protocol to the Convention	p. 389
Summary List of General Recommendations	p. 395
Index	p. 396
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