Circle of Empowerment: Twenty-Five years of the un committee on the elimination of discrimination against women

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Contents Message on CEDAW’s Twenty-Fifth Anniversary 1 Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1997–2006 Introduction and Acknowledgments 3 Hanna Beate Schöpp-Schilling, Germany Cees Flinterman, The Netherlands Personal Reflection: 7 In Celebrat ion Rachel N. Mayanja, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women The Convention as a Living Instrument The Nature and Scope of the Convention 10 Hanna Beate Schöpp-Schilling, Germany Personal Reflection: 30 Interpreting the Convention Silvia Rose Cartwright, New Zealand Relationships with UN Conferences, Specialized Agencies, Programs, and Funds 36 Ivanka Corti, Italy Human Rights I: Overarching Challenges Universalizing Women’s Human Rights through cedaw 52 Savitri Goonesekere, Sri Lanka Culture, Religion, and cedaw’s article 5 (a) 68 Frances Raday, Israel Personal Reflections: 86 In the Muslim World Emna Aouij, Tunisia From the Arab Region Naela Gabr, Egypt Education and Legal Literacy 90 Silvia Pimentel, Brazil Personal Reflection: 104 Persistent Discrimination Christine Kapalata, United Republic of Tanzania Private Global Enterprises, International Trade, and Finance 106 Elizabeth Evatt, Australia Human Rights II: Specific Challenges Poverty, Prostitution, and Trafficking 124 Elvira Novikova, Russian Federation Personal Reflection: 141 Rethinking Prostitution and Trafficking Krisztina Morvai, Hungary Unfinished Battles: Political and Public Life 145 Françoise Gaspard, France Impediments to Progress: The Formal Labor Market 159 Hanna Beate Schöpp-Schilling, Germany Personal Reflection: 179 Opportunities and Traps—The Informal Labor Market Pramila Patten, Mauritius The Female Face of Migration 183 Rosario G. Manalo, Philippines Women’s Health: Accommodating Difference 196 Carmel Shalev, Israel Rights of Rural Women: examples from Latin America 212 Aída González Martínez, Mexico cedaw and Violence against Women: Providing the “Missing Link” 223 Heisoo Shin, Republic of Korea Women in War and Its Aftermath: Liberia 234 Charlotte Abaka, Ghana The Work of the Committee The Nature and Mandate of the Committee 248 Hanna Beate Schöpp-Schilling, Germany Personal Reflections: 262 Support by the UN Division for the Advancement of Women Ingeborg Creydt, Germany The Early Years Luvsandanzangyn Ider, Mongolia Challenging Governments Marie Caron, Canada The First Twelve Years Désirée Patricia Bernard, Guyana The Middle Years Salma Khan, Bangladesh Outreach and Impact Norma Monica Forde, Barbados Dual Perspectives Mervat Tallawy, Egypt Working for Equality Meriem Belmihoub-Zerdani, Algeria Achievements and Obstacles Victoria Popescu, Romania Challenges and Impacts Kongit Sinegiorgis, Ethiopia Progress and Obstacles Philomena Kintu, United Republic of Tanzania On Twenty Years of Involvement Jane Connors, Australia strengthening women’s human rights through Individual Complaints 286 Cees Flinterman, The Netherlands The Juárez Murders and the Inquiry Procedure 298 Maria Regina Tavares da Silva, Portugal Yolanda Ferrer Gómez, Cuba Personal Reflection: 309 The Circle of Empowerment Aurora Javate de Dios, Philippines From Global to Local: the involvement of NGOs 313 Shanthi Dairiam, Malaysia Personal Reflections: 326 Achieving Fruitful Results Feng Cui, China A Lawyer’s Perspective Miriam Estrada-Castillo, Ecuador th finnish act On Equality Pirkko Mäkinen, Finland A Source of Inspiration Sjamsiah Achmad, Indonesia An Important Part of History Ryoko Akamatsu, Japan Spreading The Convention’s Norms through Education Hadja Assa Diallo Soumaré, Mali Remaining Challenges and The Way Forward Personal Reflections: 340 thoughts on the committee’s past, Hopes for its Future Feride Acar, Turkey Important Changes and Further Reforms Needed Göran Melander, Sweden Reflections on the Future Dubravka Šimonović, Croatia Works Cited 352 Contributors’ Biographies 367 Text of the Convention 377 Text of the Optional Protocol to the convention 389 Summary List of General Recommendations 395 Index 396 ...