Women, Poverty, Equality

The Role of CEDAW
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5099-0974-2
Verlag: Hart Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 630 g

The stark reality is that throughout the world, women disproportionately live in poverty. This indicates that gender can both cause and perpetuate poverty, but this is a complex and cross-cutting relationship.The full enjoyment of human rights is routinely denied to women who live in poverty. How can human rights respond and alleviate gender-based poverty? This monograph closely examines the potential of equality and non-discrimination at international law to redress gender-based poverty. It offers a sophisticated assessment of how the international human rights treaties, specifically the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which contains no obligations on poverty, can be interpreted and used to address gender-based poverty. An interpretation of CEDAW that incorporates the harms of gender-based poverty can spark a global dialogue. The book makes an important contribution to that dialogue, arguing that the CEDAW should serve as an authoritative international standard setting exercise that can activate international accountability mechanisms and inform the domestic interpretation of human rights.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Campbell, Meghan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I
1. Mapping the Problem

I. Defining Gender-Based Poverty

II. Gender-Based Poverty as an Obstacle to Human Rights

III. The Gap in the International Human Rights Framework

IV. The Promise of CEDAW in Addressing Gender-Based Poverty

V. Mapping the Solution: An Evolutionary Interpretation of CEDAW

VI. Conclusion

2. The Drafting of CEDAW

I. Understanding the Past

II. The History of CEDAW

III. Mapping Gender-Based Poverty in the Travaux Préparatoires

IV. Explaining CEDAW's Silence

V. Conclusion

3. Strategies for Interpreting CEDAW

I. The Art of Interpretation

II. The Interpretative Role of UN Human Rights Bodies

III. Gender-Based Poverty and the UN Human Rights Bodies

IV. Conclusion

4. Interpreting Gender-Based Poverty into CEDAW

I. Potential Interpretations of CEDAW

II. A Comprehensive Interpretation: Equality and Non-Discrimination in CEDAW

III. Nature of the State's Obligations

IV. Conclusion

Part II
5. The Committee and Gender-Based Poverty
I. CEDAW's Accountability Structure

II. Mapping the Committee's Approach to Gender-Based Poverty

III. Evaluative Discussion

IV. Conclusion

6. The Working Methods of the Committee

I. Mapping Gender-Based Poverty and the Committee

II. A Case Study on the Committee's Working Methods and Gender-Based Poverty

III. Reforming the Periodic Reporting Process

IV. Conclusion

7. Evolutionary General Recommendations

I. The Purpose of General Recommendations

II. Evolutionary General Recommendations

III. Conclusion

8. Envisioning Gender-Based Poverty in CEDAW

I. Introducing Gender-Based Poverty into CEDAW

II. A New Interpretation: The Legal Basis for Interpreting Gender-Based Poverty into CEDAW

III. Contextualising Gender-Based Poverty in CEDAW

IV. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Campbell, Meghan
Meghan Campbell is a Reader in International Human Rights Law at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Deputy-Director of the Oxford Human Rights Hub.

Meghan Campbell is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Birmingham and Deputy-Director of the Oxford Human Rights Hub.