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Women's Human Rights And The Conversation Across Cultures, Penelope Andrews Jan 2003

Women's Human Rights And The Conversation Across Cultures, Penelope Andrews

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This comment examines the vision of women's rights and equality as outlined in CEDAW. It raises some of thepossibilities and limitations associated with universalizing legal norms in a context of enormous global disparities, particularly in material and cultural terms.