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Women's rights are human rights / Office of the High Commissioner, United Nations Human Rights.

Contributor(s): United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; Geneva : United Nations, 2014Description: iv, 117 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789211542066; 9211542065.Subject(s): Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979 December 18) | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979 December 18) | Women's rights | Human rights | Women (International law) | Sex discrimination against womenDDC classification: 323.34
Contents:
Protection of the human rights of women under international law -- Global commitments -- United Nations bodies -- Key concepts -- The human rights framework in practice.
Summary: "This publication provides an introduction to women's human rights, beginning with the main provisions in international human rights law and going on to explain particularly relevant concepts for fully understanding women's human rights. Finally, selected areas of women's human rights are examined together with information on the main work of United Nations human rights mechanisms and others pertaining to these topics. The aim of the publication is to offer a basic understanding of the human rights of women as a whole, but because of the wide variety of issues relevant to women's human rights, it should not be considered exhaustive."--Page 1.
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"HR/PUB/14/2"--Title page verso.

"United Nations publication sales no. E.14.XIV.5"--Title page verso.

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Protection of the human rights of women under international law -- Global commitments -- United Nations bodies -- Key concepts -- The human rights framework in practice.

"This publication provides an introduction to women's human rights, beginning with the main provisions in international human rights law and going on to explain particularly relevant concepts for fully understanding women's human rights. Finally, selected areas of women's human rights are examined together with information on the main work of United Nations human rights mechanisms and others pertaining to these topics. The aim of the publication is to offer a basic understanding of the human rights of women as a whole, but because of the wide variety of issues relevant to women's human rights, it should not be considered exhaustive."--Page 1.

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