The CEDAW Convention and the Beijing Platform for Action: Reinforcing the Promise of the Rights Framework

Headings: 
CEDAW Convention
Corporate Author: 
International Women's Rights Action Watch
Title: 
The CEDAW Convention and the Beijing Platform for Action: Reinforcing the Promise of the Rights Framework
Document Type: 
Information from Non-Governmental Organizations
Reference: 
February 2000
URL: 
http://iwraw.igc.org/beijing5/freeman-timothy-paper.htm
Annotation: 
This paper outlines the development of the women's rights approach through the United Nations system and the Beijing Platform for Action. It includes a useful table entitled 'Complementarity of the Platform and the CEDAW Convention' and concludes with recommendations for reinforcing the women's rights framework.