As an instrument that addresses the circumstances that affect women’s
lives and enjoyment of rights in a diverse world, the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women is slowly but
surely making its mark on the development of international and national
law. Using national case studies from South Asia, Eastern and Southern
Africa, Australia, Canada and Northern Europe, Women’s Human Rights
examines the potential and actual added value of the CEDAW in comparison
and interaction with other equality and anti-discrimination
mechanisms. The studies demonstrate how state and non-state actors
have invoked, adopted or resisted the CEDAW and related instruments
in different legal, political, economic and socio-cultural contexts, and
how the various international, regional and national regimes have drawn
inspiration and learned from each other.