Gender Bias in Drafting International Discrimination Conventions: The 1979 Women's Convention Compared with the 1965 Racial Convention

"This article explores the weakness of the Women's Convention as compared to the Racial Convention, focusing on areas in which these two discrimination conventions differ. These variations include the respective Conventions' preambles, definitions of discrimination, implementation mechanisms, reservations regime, and provisions for state responsibilities. This article asserts that the inadequate provisions and mechanisms in the Women's Convention, especially as compared to its model the Racial Convention, reveal a lower priority for women's rights that can be attributed to the type of discrimination the Convention claims to prohibit." [Article Abstract.]