Women's Human Rights Resources Database

This database lists hundreds of resources -- articles, documents and links -- related to international women's rights law and Canadian women's rights law. Annotations describe the content of each resource. Users can search by keyword and author as well as browse by women's rights topic. Full-text documents or links to full-text documents are provided where available.
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The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women , Canadian Heritage Human Rights Program
This section of the Canadian government's Human Rights Program website contains information on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and Canada's relationship to it. Along with background information on CEDAW and its Optional Protocol, the site also contains Canada's Fourth and Fifth Reports, submitted to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in 1995 and 2002 respectively, and the review of these reports undertaken by the CEDAW Committee in 1997 and 2003. [Descriptors: CEDAW Convention, Canada]

 

United Nations Division For the Advancement of Women , Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Among the main responsibilities of the Division is the substantive servicing of: The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the central intergovernmental body with the mandate to elaborate policies to achieve equality between women and men; the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - the expert treaty body which monitors the implementation of the legal standards in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (the "Women's Convention"). The Division assists these bodies to perform their mandated tasks and to exercise a leadership role in developing innovative strategies to promote the equality of the women of the world with men and work towards their empowerment.

 

Women's Rights - CEDAW: The Women's Convention , Human Rights Watch
This section of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) website deals specifically with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (the Women's Convention) and the campaign to achieve rapid ratification by the United States. It contains information on, and links to, the main points of interest regarding the Women's Convention.

 

International Women's Rights Action Watch , International Women's Rights Action Watch
IWRAW was organized in 1985 at the World Conference on Women in Nairobi to monitor implementation of the CEDAW Convention. It is an international network of activists, scholars, and organizations that focus on the advancement of women's human rights. The network is served by a resource and communications center at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Activities include providing technical assistance and research support for women's human rights projects, monitoring government performance under international human rights treaties, and supporting non-governmental groups, especially in developing countries. The site contains a list of "upcoming events" of the CEDAW Committee, access to IWRAW publications, sample shadow reports, and 'Beijing +5' information.

 

CEDAW Optional Protocol , International Women's Rights Action Watch - Asia Pacific
This section of the International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW-AP) website is devoted to the use and interpretation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (OP-CEDAW). The website provides the text of OP-CEDAW, a list of signatories, an explanation of how to become a state party, an explanation of administration and communications and inquiry procedures, a guide to its practical application, an exploration of remedies, relevant case law and FAQs. [CEDAW Convention - International]

 

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women , Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
This page from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights web site provides convenient links to a variety of essential information on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (the "Women's Convention"), including a fact sheet on the Convention and the Committee, sessions of the Committee (state party reports and concluding observations), individual complaints procedure, press releases, and the Treaty Body Database.

 

Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living , Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The website of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing provides access to annual reports and relevant documentation under the Special Rapporteur's mandate. The site contains links to excerpts of international law relating to the right to housing. A sub-page of the site on women and housing outlines the particular concerns facing women and highlights relevant UN resolutions and reports, some of which are annotated separately on the WHRR database.

 

Q Web: Women's Empowerment Base , Q Web Sweden
Q Web is a comprehensive and searchable online database with access to articles, documents and websites dealing with a variety of issues related to gender equality, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and empowerment. It seeks to enable resource and knowledge sharing between organizations, students, researchers and individuals. Materials related specifically to violence against women and girls can be located by searching under the category of "Gender-based Violence" under "Resources". [Descriptors: Violence Against Women - International]

 

CEDAW: The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women , San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women
This is the website of the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women. The Commission was established in 1998 when San Francisco became the first city in the United States to adopt an ordinance implementing the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) locally, despite the nation's failure to ratify. This section of the city's website provides gender analysis reports (evaluating city departments through a gender analysis of budget, services and employment), annual progress reports, and links to other sources of information. [CEDAW Convention]

 

Optional Protocol to CEDAW , Simone Cusack et al.
This website is centered on the Optional Protocol to CEDAW, and seeks to improve awareness of its existence, assist women in its use, facilitate access to resources, foster debate about the Protocol, and facilitate the cross-fertilization of womens human rights jurisprudence. The website provides an overview of the Optional Protocol process and various reasons for its use. It provides general resources, such as texts and articles regarding the Optional Protocol, and a list of cases, communications, and inquiries submitted by countries. Also included are timely social media updates by the author, social justice organizations, and the public concerning material on CEDAW and the Optional Protocol.

 

CEDAW , The Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action
The Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) is a dynamic coalition of over 50 Canadian women's equality-seeking and related organizations whose mandate is to further women's equality in Canada through domestic implementation of its' international human rights commitments. This section of their website provides links, tools and publications to enable the reader to take action in promoting the Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). [CEDAW Convention - Domestic, Canada]

 

CEDAW , The International Women's Rights Project
The International Women's Rights Project (IWRP) seeks to strengthen the capacity of women's NGOs and to influence the implementation of international human rights standards, for the benefit of women, through research and evidence-based advocacy and is currently affiliated with the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. The CEDAW section of their website provides links, an extensive annotated bibliography (2005), an impact study (2000), and an alternative report to CEDAW (2003). [CEDAW Convention - International]

 

WomanWatch , United Nations Inter-agency Network on Women and Gender Equality
"WomanWatch" was founded in March 1997 to support implementation of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action. It is a collaborative effort of the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW). WomanWatch seeks to provide up-to-date information about various United Nations activities relating to women, information on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (the Women's Convention), quick links to information about the work of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), news and views, as well as links to various e-mail discussion groups that focus on women's rights.