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  • Title: Now is the time for all good women.
    Author: Fraser A.
    Journal: INSTRAW News; 1998; (28):21-5. PubMed ID: 12157788.
    Abstract:
    This article recommends national and international strategic actions to further the universal implementation of women's human rights. The article begins by tracing the development of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) from the work of female UN delegates who fought to couch the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in language that included women to the 1993 world conference on human rights when the little-known convention gained attention. The article then describes the CEDAW articles that provide an effective framework for implementation of women's human rights. After noting that the more than 160 ratifying countries must submit periodic reports on implementation to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, the article points out that the International Women's Rights Action Watch (IWRAW) was founded in 1985 to promote CEDAW implementation. IWRAW activities include publishing a newsletter, submitting independent information to the UN, disseminating the results of the UN review, and encouraging nongovernmental organizations to publish their own "shadow" reports to balance government self-reports. The article then details the following additional actions to foster implementation: 1) assuring that ratifying countries meet reporting obligations, 2) educating the public about CEDAW and women's rights, 3) recruiting and promoting candidates for election to the UN Committee, and 4) researching and reclaiming women's history, especially the evolution of women's human rights.
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