Gender And Human Rights In The Commonwealth

Author : Commonwealth Secretariat
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Law
ISBN : 0850928087

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Gender and Human Rights in the Commonwealth by Commonwealth Secretariat Pdf

This book brings together the papers commissioned for a Pan-Commonwealth Expert Group Meeting on Gender and Human Rights which took place at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London in February 2004. These papers, together with other key background papers, represent much of the analysis and experience from Commonwealth member countries that informed the development of the Human Rights section of the new Commonwealth Plan of Action for Gender Equality 2005-2015. The papers address a wide range of Gender and Human Rights issues, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), gender-based violence, culture and the law, indigenous peoples, trafficking and migration, land and property rights, diversity, and a life cycle approach to gender and human rights. The contributors include government policymakers, judges, lawyers, academics, representatives of civil society organizations, and specialists from multilateral agencies including the Commonwealth Secretariat. The purpose of this book is to contribute to current policymaking, program planning and implementation on Gender and Human Rights. It is intended for a wide audience of policymakers, magistrates, judges and lawyers, academics, and civil society organizations grappling with these issues. It is also intended as a conceptual and policy-oriented resource for those committed to implementing and supporting the Human Rights goals of the new Commonwealth Plan of Action for Gender Equality 2005-2015.

Author : Corinne Lennox,Matthew Waites
Publisher : Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Law
ISBN : 0957354886

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Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Commonwealth by Corinne Lennox,Matthew Waites Pdf

"Human rights in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity are at last reaching the heart of global debates. Yet 78 states worldwide continue to criminalise same-sex sexual behaviour, and due to the legal legacies of the British Empire, 42 of these - more than half - are in the Commonwealth of Nations. In recent years many states have seen the emergence of new sexual nationalisms, leading to increased enforcement of colonial sodomy laws against men, new criminalisations of sex between women and discrimination against transgender people. [This book] challenges these developments as the first book to focus on experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) and all non-heterosexual people in the Commonwealth. The volume offers the most internationally extensive analysis to date of the global struggle for decriminalisation of same-sex sexual behaviour and relationships."--Abstract, website.

Author : Commonwealth Secretariat
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781849291514

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Advancing Gender Equality by Commonwealth Secretariat Pdf

The Commonwealth Secretariat has been a pioneer in promoting women’s rights and gender equality since the 1976–85 UN Decade for Women, and of gender mainstreaming since the UN 4th World Conference on Women, to which our 1995 Plan of Action on Gender and Development was a Commonwealth contribution. This publication brings together case studies prepared in connection with the end-of-term review of the 2005–15 Commonwealth Plan of Action for Gender Equality. The case studies are based on submissions and interviews with government representatives, gender specialists and other stakeholders, including civil society organisations, from 20 countries representing all regions of the Commonwealth. The examples were selected to demonstrate a range of strategies that can be employed to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment. Together they help to show what perpetuates gender inequality and offer approaches that can be adopted to help end unjust discrimination.

Author : Sneh Aurora
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : National human rights institutions
ISBN : UOM:39015058839583

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Balancing the Scales by Sneh Aurora Pdf

Author : Meena Shivdas,Sarah Coleman
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
ISBN : 184929013X

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Without Prejudice by Meena Shivdas,Sarah Coleman Pdf

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. This book looks at the cultural and legal challenges relating to the implementation of CEDAW, and the individual approaches adopted.

Author : Kirstine Adams,Andrew Byrnes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 1848596669

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Gender Equality and the Judiciary by Kirstine Adams,Andrew Byrnes Pdf

This publication presents papers contributed by senior judges, lawyers, academics and representatives of international and non-government organisations involved in promoting the human rights of women and the girl-child. It provides an overview of international and regional human rights standards relevant to the human rights of women, highlights the importance of using a gender perspective in judicial decision-making, examines challenges involved in promoting the human rights of women and the girl-child in domestic litigation, and explores ways in which international human rights standards can be relied on to ensure gender equality at the national level.

Author : Commonwealth Secretariat
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0850927331

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Gender Mainstreaming in the Health Sector by Commonwealth Secretariat Pdf

This is the consensus built up in a series of workshops in different regions of the Commonwealth on what is the most effective way of applying Gender Management System principles and methodology to the health sector. This manual should assist other countries in adapting mainstreaming.

Author : Commonwealth Secretariat
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781849291095

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The Impact of Women’s Political Leadership on Democracy and Development by Commonwealth Secretariat Pdf

Women’s minimal leadership role in national and local political spheres remains a serious concern worldwide. The Commonwealth Gender Plan of Action for Gender Equality 2005–2015 calls on governments to introduce measures to promote at least 30 per cent representation of women in parliament, government and business. The Impact of Women’s Political Leadership on Democracy and Development describes the barriers to women’s political participation and explains why the contribution of women is so crucial to democracy. It identifies established strategies – electoral reform (New Zealand), party voluntary quotas (South Africa), and legislative quotas (Bangladesh and India) – that have helped these Commonwealth countries to meet the global target of 30 per cent and thus to effectively advance the participation of women in decision-making at all levels.

Author : Fredline Amaybel Olayinka M'Cormack-Hale
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781849290746

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Gender, Peace and Security by Fredline Amaybel Olayinka M'Cormack-Hale Pdf

Examines women's role in both conflict and post-conflict reconciliation. It describes how UNSCR 1325 provides support for women in peace-building processes and provides case studies of how it has been implemented in selected countries, including the benefits of NAPs and women's involvement in their adoption.

Author : Rawwida Baksh-Soodeen
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0850927544

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Gender Mainstreaming in Conflict Transformation by Rawwida Baksh-Soodeen Pdf

Issues of socio-economic development, democracy and peace are linked to gender equality. This book argues that gender equality needs to be placed on the policy and programme agenda of the entire spectrum of peace and conflict-related initiatives and activities to achieve conflict transformation.

Author : Commonwealth Foundation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Gender identity
ISBN : 0903850559

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Multi-stakeholder Partnerships for Gender Equality by Commonwealth Foundation Pdf

Eleven case studies, taken from a civil society perspective in the Commonwealth, tell the stories of civil society partnerships with government and the international community in the implementation of projects based on the three of the four themes of the Plan of Action: democracy, peace and conflict; poverty eradication and economic empowerment; and human rights and the law. This publication is the first in a series used to explore the nature of multi-stakeholder partnerships. Further research will explore the relationships from a government perspective and will consider the fourth, critical area of the Plan of Action: Gender and HIV/AIDS.

Author : Commonwealth Secretariat
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretarial
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0850925630

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Gender Mainstreaming by Commonwealth Secretariat Pdf

These papers were commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat for the fifth meeting of Commonwealth ministers responsible for women's affairs in Trinidad and Tobago in 1996. Topics covered include: increasing women's participation in politics and economics, and human rights concerns for women.

Author : Fareda Banda
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781847311832

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Women, Law and Human Rights by Fareda Banda Pdf

Africa, with its mix of statute, custom and religion is at the centre of the debate about law and its impact on gender relations. This is because of the centrality of the gender question and its impact on the cultural relativism debate within human rights. It is therefore important to examine critically the role of law, broadly constructed, in African societies. The book focuses on women's experiences in the family. This is because the lives of women continue to be lived out largely in the private domain, where the right to privacy is used to conceal unequal treatment of women which is justified by invoking 'custom' and 'tradition'. The book shows how law and its interpretation is used to disenfranchise women, resulting in their being deprived of land and other property which they may have helped to accumulate. It also considers issues of violence within the home, reproductive rights and examines the issue of female genital cutting. The role of women in development is explored as is their participation in politics and the NGO sector. A major theme of the book is a consideration of the linkages of constitutional and international human rights norms with local values. This is done using feminist tools of analysis. The book considers the provisions of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women which was adopted by the African Union in July 2003.

Author : Richard Green
Publisher : Nexus Strategic Partnerships Ltd.
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780954962944

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The Commonwealth Yearbook 2006 by Richard Green Pdf

The Commonwealth Yearbook is the essential annual guide to the Commonwealth, its members, and organizations. The 2006 Yearbook has been fully updated and includes articles on: ·The "good offices" role of the Commonwealth in promoting democracy and conflict resolution ·Commonwealth initiatives on reducing the impact of natural disasters, especially in small island states · Working for a fairer deal in international trade for developing countries ·The challenge of debt and debt management in developing countries and the Commonwealth Secretariat's widely used debt management software ·A full reference section and comprehensive profiles on the member states

Author : Kelly Dawn Askin,Dorean Koenig
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 755 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004531123

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Women and International Human Rights Law by Kelly Dawn Askin,Dorean Koenig Pdf

For in-depth coverage of gender issues in human rights law, from theory and cultural practices to legal instruments and the case law of international tribunals, this major three-volume work is without peer. More than 100 leading authorities in the field offer trenchant analyses of problems and solutions, crimes and abuses, available recourses, areas of empowerment -- the entire spectrum of women's rights, discussed at a level of detail and legal awareness unavailable in any other single source. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint. The print edition is available as a set of three volumes (9781571050946).