Without prejudice
Subtitle: CEDAW and the determination of women's rights in a legal and cultural context
By: edited by Meena Shivdas and Sarah Coleman
Contributors: Commonwealth Secretariat
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781849290135; 9781848590618
Other titles: UN convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW) and the determination of women's rights in a legal and cultural context
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Meena Shivdas and Sarah Coleman; title: Thoughts on the UN convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW) / Christine Chinkin; title: The Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW) and realisation of fights : reflections on standard settings and culture / Indira Jaising; title: Culture, religion and gender : an overview / Frances Raday; title: Domestication of CEDAW : points to consider for customary laws and practices / C.C. Nweze; title: Gender, culture and the law : the South African experience / Mokgadi Lucy Mailula; title: Scope of regional instruments : a perspective on the Southern and East African region / Gladys M. Nhekairo Mutukwa; title: Last but not least : CEDAW and family law / Cassandra Balchin; title: Gender analysis of child support in the Caribbean : legal, socio-economic and cultural issues for consideration /  Roberta Clarke, Tracey Robinson and Jacquline Sealy-Burke; title: Women's dignity and rights : situating Pacific experiences / Mere Pulea; title: Promoting the human rights of women and girls through developing human rights jurisprudence and advancing the domestication of international human rights standards; title: Realising human rights in national jurisdictions; title: CEDAW and the committee : personal reflections / Savitri Goonesekera; title: CEDAW : reflections on the framework in the context of culture / Farida Shaheed; title: Reflections on CEDAW / Radhika Coomaraswamy; title: Endnote / Meena Shivdas and Sarah Coleman.