Gender, women and health

Women's health and human rights: Monitoring the implementation of CEDAW

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Authors:
WHO Department of Gender, Women and Health, WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research

Publication details

Number of pages: 73
Languages: English
Publication date: January 2007
ISBN: 978 92 4 159510 0

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OVERVIEW

This guide explains how human rights related to health are enshrined in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), governmental obligations to implement those rights and monitoring of those obligations by the CEDAW Committee. It concludes with suggestions for maximizing WHO’s use of the CEDAW monitoring process.