Abstract
This article begins by briefly tracing the trajectory of women’s
human rights discourse starting from the post United Nations
period to the present day, within the framework of
International law institutions (Kelly, 2005, December: 475;
Rampton, 2008 ). It will get insight into the process of
reorientation of human rights law through the development of
key International instruments that have caused to materialise
the concept of women’s human rights. The strengths and
weaknesses of the Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women will particularly be
highlighted by comparing the Treaty with some of the
mainstream human rights instruments. The article will focus
on the recent increase in the efforts for gender
mainstreaming in the various United Nations’ bodies. Finally it
will argue that in order for any real progress to be made in
terms of eradicating the systemic barriers to gender justice
and to eliminate the constructive denial of women’s rights, the
human rights regime must reconfigure its approaches in
addressing the needs of women globally.
Keywords: CEDAW Convention, Feminist approaches, Human Rights Law, Women Rights, Discrimination
Shazia Qureshi. (2012) Progressive Development of Women’s Human Rights in International Human Right Law and within United Nations System, Journal of Political Studies, Volume 19, Issue 2.
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