CEDAW: The Challenges of Enshrining Women’s Equality in International Law

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) was the first international agreement to declare women’s rights as human rights. This article is both a description and an a...

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Published in:Public integrity 2018-05, Vol.20 (3), p.257-272
Main Author: Mullins, Lauren Bock
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cultural relativism
Discrimination
Equality
International law
Ratification
Women
Womens rights
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Summary: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) was the first international agreement to declare women’s rights as human rights. This article is both a description and an analysis of the Convention and the Optional Protocol, the reservations, general problems, and the issue of cultural relativism. An analysis of the United States in relation to CEDAW in terms of particular state issues of enforcement, ratification, and reservations brings to light possible solutions for further establishment of rights through CEDAW, including the organization of an interstate forum.
ISSN:1099-9922
1558-0989
DOI:10.1080/10999922.2017.1381542