Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

Women’s Rights as Human Rights

This paper examines the barriers faced in claiming human rights for women, particularly within the general human rights framework, and then proceeds to discuss ways in which CEDAW attempts to overcome these barriers at the normative level.
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Some useful web links

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/
A website of the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), this site contains the text of the Convention in the six official languages; the history of the Convention, sections on the States Parties to the Convention, the Optional Protocol, accessions and reservations and country reports submitted to the Committee on the limination of Discrimination against Women. It talks of the Committee, the reporting procedure and the different CEDAW sessions held thus far. The website also provides information on the Commission on the Status of Women, the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995, and Beijing + 5 (2000).

http://www.iwraw-ap.org/
This website of the International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW-AP) provides extensive information about the Convention and lists ways in which the government and NGOs can use it.

http://www.pdhre.org/cedaw/
An Online manual for Seminars and workshops on CEDAW produced by The People's Decade of Human Rights Education (PDHRE), A World Movement. The manual accompanies a series of eight short films on the Convention. The films are however not available online.

http://list.iwraw-ap.org/lists/info/cedaw4change
Cedaw4change is an online discussion forum aimed at collating and disseminating information in the pursuit of women's equality. Primarily focused on the implementation of the Convention for Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)and its Optional Protocol, this discussion group aims to facilitate the building of women's capacity to access their rights through CEDAW and the other international human rights treaties. This list is moderated by International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW Asia Pacific).