Focusing primarily on CEDAW (The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of
Discrimination Against Women), this article examines the role that international human rights …

Shaheen Sardar Ali than two dozen international legal instruments have been drafted that
deal specifically with women. Each of these instruments reflects an international consensus …

As the primary human rights body on the development and implementation of international
norms relating to women's human rights, the work of the Committee on the Elimination of …

As an instrument which addresses the circumstances which affect women's lives and
enjoyment of rights in a diverse world, the CEDAW is slowly but surely making its mark on …

In some ways women's rights are the most popular of international initiatives, but they are
also the area with the most profound disagreements. As of January 1996, 121 nations had …

While women's rights are more of a recent development in international human rights law,
the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) …

From its title, it appears that the overall object and purpose of the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW, further: the Women's …

Human rights abuses against women are so pervasive and systemic that they are regarded
as part of the natural order. This book is based on presentations at a conference …

During the years that I dedicated to write this dissertation, a myriad of people accompanied
me, encouraged me, and supported the progress of this project in many ways. I would like to …

Women's movements have had formal international ties since 1902 when the International
Woman Suffrage Alliance was organized. In the late twentieth century, globalization of the …