Women HAVE Rights; They Just Can't Enjoy Them
October 15, 2010
Reproduced from The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World, by Joni
Seager, 4th Edition, "States Against Discrimination" pp. 14-15
Penguin 2009. Copyright © 2009 Joni Seager/Myriad Editions Ltd www.MyriadEditions.com
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practical effectiveness of CEDAW is mixed. Many governments have
ratified CEDAW without demonstrating much effort to comply with the
treaty. Nonetheless, CEDAW establishes a platform of minimum
expectations to which women’s groups can hold governments accountable.