| Description |
xii, 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Context and the Goal / Joanna Kerr -- 2. Getting Rid of Male Bias / Edward Broadbent -- 3. Gaining Redress Within a Human Rights Framework / Rebecca Cook -- 4. Change in South Africa - Advances for Women? / Brigitte Mabandla -- 5. Special Challenges Confronting Latin American Women / Silvia Pimentel -- 6. Challenges Facing Women in Pakistan / Rashida Patel -- 7. The Challenge of Promoting Women's Rights in African Countries / Florence Butegwa -- 8. Defending Women's Rights - Facts and Challenges in Francophone Africa / Seny Diagne -- 9. Women Living Under Muslim Laws / Marie Aimee Helie-Lucas -- 10. Canadian Women's Legal Fight for Equality / Mary Eberts -- 11. Canada Kills the Court Challenges Programme / Andree Cote -- 12. Beyond Borders: Women's Rights and the Issue of Sovereignty / Karen Knop -- 13. Do International Human Rights Laws Protect Women? / Cecilia Medina -- 14. Holding Governments Accountable by Public Pressure / Dorothy Q. Thomas |
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15. Barriers to Funding for Women's Legal Rights: Some Critical Issues for Consideration by the North / Shanthi Dairiam -- 16. Women, Development and Justice: Using the International Convention on Women's Rights / Marsha A. Freeman -- 17. Aid Conditionality as a Lever for Women's Equality: Help or Hindrance? / Elizabeth McAllister -- 18. The UN, World Conferences and Women's Rights / Barbara Adams -- 19. Integrating, not Separating, Women in Development / Carolyn Hannan-Andersson -- 20. Legal Developments and Reform in the Inter-American System / Linda J. Poole -- 21. Organizing for Women's Human Rights Globally / Charlotte Bunch -- 22. Preparing for the Millennium: Challenge and Change / Georgina Ashworth -- 23. The 1995 UN Conference on Women in Beijing / Arvonne Fraser -- 24. Conclusion: Strategies for Action / Joanna Kerr |
| Analysis |
Women Rights |
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Human rights |
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International comparisons |
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Overseas item |
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Women |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-169) and index |
| Credits |
Based on the international conference "Linking Hands for Changing Laws: Women's Rights as Human Rights Around the World" organized by the North-South Institute, in Toronto, Canada, in September 1992 |
| Subject |
Human rights.
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Women's rights.
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| Author |
Kerr, Joanna, 1967-
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North-South Institute (Ottawa, Ont.)
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| LC no. |
93024661 |
| ISBN |
1856492273 (cloth) |
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1856492281 (paperback) |
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