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Source: Womankind
CEDAW is the international bill of rights for women. It is a valuable and practical tool for women's rights campaigners — providing a clear legal framework for women's rights worldwide. It can be used to lobby for stronger equality legislation at national and regional levels.
Successful implementation of CEDAW requires political will, resources
and accountability. CEDAW must be monitored comprehensively and
governments held to account so that these requirements are met.
This is the story of how WOMANKIND Worldwide and its partner
organisations have used CEDAW in their struggle to improve life for
women, the challenges, the successes — and their vision of what is
needed to make CEDAW an even more effective instrument.

The emphasis is on the words of the women who have used CEDAW at
different times, in very different contexts over the last 30 years. What
they have to say will be hugely valuable to other women activists — and
the wider, international development and human rights sectors.

To read the full document, please click here