Abstract
Examines implementation and impact of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), and issues such as gender-based violence, trafficking in women, land rights, and indigenous peoples' rights. Some papers prepared for a pan-Commonwealth Expert Group Meeting on Gender and Human Rights, held in Feb. 2004 in London. Contents: Progress, achievements, constraints and key priorities, by Shanthi Dairiam; Recent key trends and issues in the implementation of CEDAW, by Feride Acar; Recent thinking and practical strategies, by Lisa Fishbayn; Reconciling competing rights, by Catherine Muyeka Mumma; Taking the life-cycle approach to the world of work, by Lin Lean Lim; Older people, by Fiona Clark; The life cycle: adolescent girls, from the Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Adolescent Girls and Their Rights; Meeting the challenge to end gender-based violence, by Tina Johnson; Trafficking in women: causes, consequences and responses, by Meena Shivdas; Using CEDAW to address trafficking in women, by Shanthi Dairiam; Trafficking as a human rights issue: thoughts on how to address it in the Commonwealth, by Lin Lean Lim; Response framework for trafficking of women and girls, from ILO Booklet 6: Trafficking of Women and Girls; Land, property and housing rights, by Lucia Kiwala; Land rights and women's claims, by Bina Agarwal; Indigenous peoples' rights in the Commonwealth, with a focus on indigenous women, by Helena Whall.