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Unsex Cedaw: What's Wrong With "Women's Rights", Darren Rosenblum
Unsex Cedaw: What's Wrong With "Women's Rights", Darren Rosenblum
International & Comparative Law Colloquium Papers
Although the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (“CEDAW” or the “Convention”) has succeeded in some respects, even its supporters acknowledge broad failures. CEDAW’s weakness draws on the titular mistaken diagnosis: “women” are not the issuegender disparities are. The 1970’s drafting of CEDAW focused on bringing women to their place at the international law table. What’s wrong with women’s rights? In the international context, CEDAW attempts to empower women but fails to respect other gender inequality. As the preeminent treaty on gender inequality, CEDAW cannot succeed in creating gender equality if its scope remains limited …
Untold Truths: The Exclusion Of Enforced Sterilizations From The Peruvian Truth Commission's Final Report, Jocelyn E. Getgen
Untold Truths: The Exclusion Of Enforced Sterilizations From The Peruvian Truth Commission's Final Report, Jocelyn E. Getgen
Cornell Law School Berger International Speaker Papers
This presentation argues that the exclusion of enforced sterilization cases from the Peruvian Truth Commission's investigation and Final Report effectively erases State responsibility and decreases the likelihood for justice and reparations for women victims-survivors of State-sponsored violence in Peru. In a context of deep cultural and economic divides and violent conflict, this presentation recounts how the State's Family Planning Program violated Peruvian women's reproductive rights by sterilizing low-income, indigenous Quechua-speaking women without informed consent. This presentation argues that these systematic reproductive injustices constitute an act of genocide, proposes an independent inquiry, and advocates for a more inclusive investigation and final …
International Human Rights : The Protection Of The Rights Of Women And Female Children In Africa : Theory And Practice, Eleazar Echezonachi Otiocha
International Human Rights : The Protection Of The Rights Of Women And Female Children In Africa : Theory And Practice, Eleazar Echezonachi Otiocha
Theses and Dissertations
Many governments all over the world have enacted laws and regulations to promote and protect the rights of women and female children. A lot of laws have been put in theory to give women equality with men. In reality or practice, many women all over the world still find it difficult to realize their rights. This study attempts to look at how far the laws on women rights, that is the law in books has become the law in practice/reality in many African states with Nigeria as a case study. This study acknowledges that in theory many African states have …
Human Rights Approach To Land Rights In Ethiopia, Belachew M. Fikre
Human Rights Approach To Land Rights In Ethiopia, Belachew M. Fikre
Belachew M Fikre
No abstract provided.
November Roundtable: Introduction
November Roundtable: Introduction
Human Rights & Human Welfare
An annotation of:
Healing the Past, Protecting the Future. By Alejandro Toledo. Americas Quarterly. July 13, 2009.
Refugee Crisis In America: Iraqis And Their Resettlement Experience, Georgetown University Law Center, Human Rights Institute
Refugee Crisis In America: Iraqis And Their Resettlement Experience, Georgetown University Law Center, Human Rights Institute
HRI Papers & Reports
No abstract provided.
A Few Drops Of Oil Will Not Be Enough, Stephen James
A Few Drops Of Oil Will Not Be Enough, Stephen James
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn provide a rich description of the various kinds of violence, deprivation, depredation and exploitation that women experience on a vast scale in the developing world. They write of sex trafficking, acid attacks, “bride burning,” enslavement, spousal beatings, unequal healthcare (something the USA still struggles with), insufficient food, gendered abortions and infant and maternal mortality. They are right to identify the education of women and girls as part of the solution to the widespread “gendercide.” However, their approach focuses too much on the capacity, indeed the virtue or heroism, of individual women. It does not take …
From Outrage To Action, Henry Krisch
From Outrage To Action, Henry Krisch
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Kristof and WuDunn provide a vivid panoramic view of problems faced by women (primarily in the “developing” world), what has been done and what more could be done to help them achieve dignity and autonomy in their lives, and how vindication of their rights could contribute to the broader social development of their societies. In this they provide us with important insights into how human rights might be effectively proclaimed and successfully implemented. In reviewing their considerable contributions, I shall also suggest some limitations on both their analysis and their policy recommendations.
Violence In The House, Katherine Hite
Violence In The House, Katherine Hite
Human Rights & Human Welfare
There was something particularly haunting in reading this Kristof and WuDunn piece during the week’s major US headlines: a girl in California had been imprisoned for eighteen years in the home of a man who kidnapped and raped her, fathered her children, and employed her in his small enterprise—a business card design and printing agency. Business clients interviewed for the story appeared completely taken aback. Clients had always found the now twenty-nine-year-old Jaycee Dugard “professional, polite, and responsive” as well as “creative and talented in her work.” Others expressed similar shock, recounting that Ms. Dugard “was always smiling.” Ms. Dugard’s …
October Roundtable: Introduction
October Roundtable: Introduction
Human Rights & Human Welfare
An annotation of:
The Women's Crusade. By Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. The New York Review of Books. August 17, 2009.
"The Female Entrepreneur"?, Cath Collins
"The Female Entrepreneur"?, Cath Collins
Human Rights & Human Welfare
I read the “Women’s Crusade” article that forms the centrepiece of this month’s roundtable with initial interest, gradually turning to a vague sense of disquiet spiced with occasional disbelief. After a few more readings, I tried highlighting the passages that bothered me and stringing them together. Countries “riven by fundamentalism”— that’s presumably the Islamic variety, rather than the Christian variant which holds such sway in the US. The suggestion that “everyone from the World Bank to the US [...] Chiefs of Staff to [...] CARE” now thinks that women are the answer to global extremism hides too many questionable assumptions …
Shattered Hearts (Full Report): The Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of American Indian Women And Girls In Minnesota., Alexandra (Sandi) Pierce
Shattered Hearts (Full Report): The Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of American Indian Women And Girls In Minnesota., Alexandra (Sandi) Pierce
Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking: 1st (2009)
Table of contents
Acknowledgements iii
Background 1
Organization of the report 3
I The context 4
Native women’s experiences during colonization 5
Native women’s experiences during national expansion 7
Native girls’ boarding school experiences 8
Impact of assimilation policies on Native women 10
The damage caused by life in prostitution 14
II Methods and definitions 16
III Prevalence 28
Involvement in prostitution 28
Involvement in the Internet sex trade 35
IV Patterns in entering the sex trade 36
Age of entry 36
Modes of entry 39
V Factors that facilitate entry 53
Generational trauma 53
Runaway, thrown away, and/or homeless …
Health And Reproductive Rights In The Protocol To The African Charter: Competing Influences And Unsettling Questions, Rachel Rebouché
Health And Reproductive Rights In The Protocol To The African Charter: Competing Influences And Unsettling Questions, Rachel Rebouché
UF Law Faculty Publications
In 2005, the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Protocol) came into force. Since that time, the Protocol has received scant attention in legal scholarship. Where the Protocol has been mentioned, by and large it has received praise as a major step forward for women's rights on the continent. Much of that praise is merited. The Protocol includes broad rights to non-discrimination, equality, and dignity, and it addresses a variety of areas such as labor and employment, marriage and the family, the legal system, the political process and …
Sex And Slavery: An Analysis Of Three Models Of State Human Trafficking Legislation, Melynda H. Barnhart
Sex And Slavery: An Analysis Of Three Models Of State Human Trafficking Legislation, Melynda H. Barnhart
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Editor's Note
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Introduction To The Symposium Issue: Reproductive And Sexual Health And The African Women's Protocol, Charles Ngwena
Introduction To The Symposium Issue: Reproductive And Sexual Health And The African Women's Protocol, Charles Ngwena
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
An Introduction To The Protocol To The African Charter On Human And Peoples' Rights On The Rights Of Women In Africa, Frans Viljoen
An Introduction To The Protocol To The African Charter On Human And Peoples' Rights On The Rights Of Women In Africa, Frans Viljoen
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Stereotyping Women In The Health Sector: Lessons From Cedaw, Simone Cusack, Rebecca J. Cook
Stereotyping Women In The Health Sector: Lessons From Cedaw, Simone Cusack, Rebecca J. Cook
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Health And Reproductive Rights In The Protocol To The African Charter: Competing Influences And Unsettling Questions, Rachel Rebouché
Health And Reproductive Rights In The Protocol To The African Charter: Competing Influences And Unsettling Questions, Rachel Rebouché
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
"The Distant 'Big' Hospital": Linking Development, Poverty And Reproductive Health-A Gender Mainstreaming Approach, Edith Miguda
"The Distant 'Big' Hospital": Linking Development, Poverty And Reproductive Health-A Gender Mainstreaming Approach, Edith Miguda
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Realizing Access To Sexual Health Information And Services For Adolescents Through The Protocol To The African Charter On The Rights Of Women, Ebenezer Durojaye
Realizing Access To Sexual Health Information And Services For Adolescents Through The Protocol To The African Charter On The Rights Of Women, Ebenezer Durojaye
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
The Women's Protocol To The African Charter And Sexual Violence In The Context Of Armed Conflict Or Other Mass Atrocity, Susana Sácouto, Katherine Cleary
The Women's Protocol To The African Charter And Sexual Violence In The Context Of Armed Conflict Or Other Mass Atrocity, Susana Sácouto, Katherine Cleary
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Tattoos Of Girls Under Pimp Control & Pimp Rules For The Control Of Victims, Donna M. Hughes Dr.
Tattoos Of Girls Under Pimp Control & Pimp Rules For The Control Of Victims, Donna M. Hughes Dr.
Donna M. Hughes
Civil Partnership: Your Questions Answered - A Comprehensive Analysis Of The Civil Partnership Bill, Fergus Ryan
Civil Partnership: Your Questions Answered - A Comprehensive Analysis Of The Civil Partnership Bill, Fergus Ryan
Reports
The Civil Partnership Bill 2009 arguably represents the most momentous change in Irish Family Law in a generation. The Bill proposes a substantial new legal status for registered same-sex partners, as well as important changes to the law as it relates to cohabitants. This report addresses the provisions of the Bill as initiated, analysing the potential impact of the Bill in clear and accessible language. The Report also highlights potential difficulties with the Bill, and suggests possible enhancements to the Bill as initiated.
Enhancing Enforcement Of Economic, Social And Cultural Rights Using Indicators: A Focus On The Right To Education In The Icescr, Sital Kalantry, Joycelyn E. Getgen, Steven Arrigg Koh
Enhancing Enforcement Of Economic, Social And Cultural Rights Using Indicators: A Focus On The Right To Education In The Icescr, Sital Kalantry, Joycelyn E. Getgen, Steven Arrigg Koh
Cornell Law Faculty Working Papers
Nearly fifteen years ago, Audrey R. Chapman emphasized the importance of ascertaining violations of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) as a means to enhance its enforcement. Today, the violations approach is even more salient given the recent adoption of the ICESCR’s Optional Protocol, a powerful tool to hold States parties accountable for violations.
Indicators are essential tools for assessing violations of economic, social and cultural rights (ESCRs) because they are often the best way to measure progressive realization. Proposed guidelines on using indicators give guidance on the content of States parties reports to treaty monitoring …
All The Difference In The World: Listening And Hearing The Voices Of Women, Phoebe A. Haddon
All The Difference In The World: Listening And Hearing The Voices Of Women, Phoebe A. Haddon
Phoebe A. Haddon
No abstract provided.
Asian Woman Fled Middletown Brothel Last Year, Melanie Shapiro Esq, Donna M. Hughes Dr.
Asian Woman Fled Middletown Brothel Last Year, Melanie Shapiro Esq, Donna M. Hughes Dr.
Donna M. Hughes
Should Labor Defend Worker Rights As Human Rights? A Debate, Jay Youngdahl, Lance A. Compa
Should Labor Defend Worker Rights As Human Rights? A Debate, Jay Youngdahl, Lance A. Compa
Lance A Compa
The authors debate the relative merits and drawbacks of defining the labor movement under the umbrella of human rights, and the virtues of the rights of the individual versus the solidarity of the community.
Families Redefined: Kinship Groups That Deserve Benefits, Jane E. Cross, Nan Palmer, Charlene L. Smith
Families Redefined: Kinship Groups That Deserve Benefits, Jane E. Cross, Nan Palmer, Charlene L. Smith
Faculty Scholarship
In Families Redefined: Kinship Groups that Deserve Benefits, the authors examine 1) the nature of kinship families, 2) the benefits accorded to married couples, 3) kinship families that lack protection and benefits, 4) the impact of denying kinship families protection and benefits, 5) the use of contract law in kinship relationships, and 6) using legislation to benefit kinship relationships.
This exploration of expanding family law protections to kinship groups addresses a series of interrelated topics. The first two sections of the article explore the characteristics and creation of kinship families in different societies. The third section addresses the legal …
Social Rights And The Relational Value Of The Rights To Participate In Sport, Recreation And Play, Janet E. Lord, Michael Ashley Stein
Social Rights And The Relational Value Of The Rights To Participate In Sport, Recreation And Play, Janet E. Lord, Michael Ashley Stein
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.