Without Prejudice: CEDAW and the determination of women's rights in a legal and cultural context

Commonwealth Secretariat

doi:10.14217/9781848590618-en

Without Prejudice: CEDAW and the determination of women's rights in a legal and cultural context

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Commonwealth Secretariat

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590618-en

Synopsis

CEDAW – the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women – is a powerful international human rights instrument that reflects a global determination to achieve gender equality. Turning aspiration into reality presents many challenges, particularly in relation to the process of adjudicating on women’s rights in both legal and cultural contexts.

This book looks at the range of cultural and legal challenges relating to the implementation of CEDAW, and the individual approaches adopted in various jurisdictions and contexts across the Commonwealth. Commonwealth declarations in support of CEDAW and initiatives from numerous Commonwealth countries are brought together here to support continuing efforts to address these issues.

This practical guide will inform and assist judges, adjudicators, lawyers and activists to advance the implementation of the principles of CEDAW within jurisdictions connected historically by the application of the common law.

Find out more about CEDAW@30 here http://www.unifem.org/cedaw30/

Chapters

Abbreviations and acronyms

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590618-1-en

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Introduction, Meena Shivdas and Sarah Coleman

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590618-2-en

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Thoughts on the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), Christine Chinkin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590618-3-en

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The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and realisation of rights: reflections on standard settings and culture, Indira Jaising

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590618-4-en

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Culture, religion and gender: an overview, Frances Raday

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590618-5-en

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Domestication of CEDAW: points to consider for customary laws and practices, C C Nweze

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590618-6-en

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Gender, culture and the law: the South African experience, Mokgadi Lucy Mailula

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590618-7-en

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Scope of regional instruments: a perspective on the Southern and East Africa region, Gladys M Nhekairo Mutukwa

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590618-8-en

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Last but not least: CEDAW and family law, Cassandra Balchin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590618-9-en

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Gender analysis of child support in the Caribbean: legal, socioeconomic and cultural issues for consideration, Roberta Clarke, Tracey Robinson and Jacqueline Sealy-Burke

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590618-10-en

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Women's dignity and rights: situating Pacific experiences, Mere Pulea

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590618-11-en

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Promoting the human rights of women and girls through developing human rights jurisprudence and advancing the domestication of international human rights standards

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590618-12-en

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Realising universal rights in national jurisdictions

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590618-13-en

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CEDAW and the Committee: personal reflections, Savitri Goonesekera

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590618-14-en

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CEDAW: reflections on the framework in the context of culture, Farida Shaheed

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590618-15-en

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Reflections on CEDAW, Radhika Coomaraswamy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590618-16-en

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Endnote, Meena Shivdas and Sarah Coleman

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590618-17-en

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