The Women's Convention turned 30
Subtitle: achievements, setbacks, and prospects
By: edited by Ingrid Westendorp
Series: Maastricht series in human rights; Maastricht series in human rights
Publisher: Intersentia Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9781780680859
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Women's rights; History; Women; Legal status, laws; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Other titles: Women's Convention turned thirty
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / -- Ingrid Westendorp; title: The United Nations and the Promotion and Protection of Women's Human Rights : A Work in Progress  -- Fleur van Leeuwen; title: The Essence of Discrimination Against Women : An Interpretation by CEDAW and the European Union  -- Ingrid Westendorp and Antonia Waltermann; title: The Principle of Equality  -- Rolanda Oostland; title: Temporary Special Measures under the Women's Convention and Positive Action under EU Law : Mutually Compatible or Irreconcilable?  -- Lisa Waddington and Laura Visser; title: Using Culture to Achieve Equality  -- Ingrid Westendorp; title: "Because to me, a Woman Who Speaks in Public is a Public Woman" : 30 Years Women's Convention and the Struggle to Eliminate Discrimination of Women in the Field of Trafficking and Prostitution  -- Marjolein van den Brink and Marjan Wijers; title: Articles 7 and 8: The Added Value of the Women's Convention and the Dutch Case of the Christian Party  -- Margreet de Boer; title: Equal Treatment of Women and Men in Nationality Law  -- Gerard-René de Groot; title: Barriers to Girls' Right to Education in Afghanistan  -- Fons Coomans and Samira Sakhi; title: Equal Employment Opportunities and Equal Pay : Measuring EU Law against the Standards of the Women's Convention  -- Anja Wiesbrock; title: Women's Right to Health and International Trade : Special Reference to the GATS and the TRIPS Agreement -- Jennifer Sellin and Nishara Mendis.; title: Eradicating Female Circumcision : Changing a Harmful Social Norm through the Women's Convention  -- Phyllis Livaha; title: Equality and Economic and Social Life Including Implications for the European Union  -- Dagmar Schiek and Jule Mulder; title: Rural Women's Right to Land and Housing in Times of Urbanization  -- Ingrid Westendorp; title: Equality of Men and Women before the Law : Towards a New Dutch Law on Names  -- Tilly Draaisma; title: Article 16 of the Women's Convention and the Status of Muslim Women at Divorce  -- Pauline Kruiniger; title: CEDAW : A Full Human Rights Treaty Body?  -- Cees Flinterman; title: Due Diligence Mania  -- Menno T. Kamminga; title: Reservations to the Women's Convention : A Muslim Problem Ill-addressed?  -- Zoé Luca; title: The Optional Protocol to the Women's Convention : An Assessment of Its Effectiveness in Protecting Women's Rights  -- Sille Jansen; title: Emerging from the Shadows : Violence Against Women and the Women's Convention  -- Kate Rose-Sender; title: The Impact of Corruption upon Women's Rights : A Neglected Area? -- Martine Boersma --The Impact and Effectiveness of State Reporting under the Women's Convention : The Case of the Netherlands /-- Jasper Krommendijk.