A GENDER SENSITISATION TRAINING IS THE NEED OF THE HOUR IN THE COUNTRY
EXISTING RESOURCES HAVE TO BE RESTRUCTURED TOWARDS A RESPONSIVE APPROACH
2022-01-20 10:44
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One of the salient features of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is that it builds on substantive equality and State obligation to eliminate the granular structural inequalities faced by women. The first thing to know about CEDAW is that it codifies women’s rights into one cohesive format and establishes the inter-relatedness of civil, political, social and economic rights. It entrenches the breadth of international protection of women’s rights and it is precisely this aspect of CEDAW that deserves our focus.