Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
9-8-2009
SSRN Discipline
Delete; Economics Research Network; Legal Scholarship Network; *Humanities - Forthcoming Areas; Microeconomic Theory eJournals; WGSRN Subject Matter eJournals; Womens & Gender Studies Research Network; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; Network for Deleted Journals; ERN Subject Matter eJournals; Humanities Network
Abstract
This essay argues that CEDAW's concept of equality is what is needed to end discrimination against women It first traces the background of the controversy over the use of the terms equity and equality in international human rights law It then describes the CEDAW Committee's recent attempts to emphasize the distinction between "equality" and "equity" and its continuing efforts to clarify the meaning of CEDAW's broad concept of gender equality
Recommended Citation
Martha I. Morgan & Alda Facio,
Equity or Equality for Women? Understanding CEDAW's Equality Principles,
(2009).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_working_papers/153