Women

Some initial resources available for ESC rights defenders seeking to fully protect and promote the rights of women are:

• Module 4 of Circle of Rights for “The ESC Rights of Women”
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
• Commission on the Status of Women
• Fourth World Conference on Women: Beijing Declaration
• Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
• Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women
• Violence: The Impact of Forced Evictions on Women in Palestine, India and Nigeria
• Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict
• General Recommendation Number 18 of Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
• Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others
• Convention on the Nationality of Married Women
• Convention Against Discrimination in Education
• Protocol Instituting a Conciliation and Good Offices Commission to be Responsible for Seeking a Settlement of Any Dispute which may Arise Between States Parties to the Convention against Discrimination in Education
• Recommendation on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages
• Equal Remuneration Convention

The following case summary illustrates how human rights defenders have used the ESC rights approach to promote and protect the rights of women:

• Sandra Lovelace v. Canada