Essays about: "Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women-CEDAW"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women-CEDAW.

1. 1. Artificial Intelligence and Gender Equality: A Study on Legal Scholars’ Understanding of Gender Discrimination and Suggested Solutions

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Elsa Alkan Olsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Artificial Intelligence; Gender-based discrimination; Human Rights; CEDAW; Substantive Equality; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The thesis aims to identify the dominant narrative within the legal research field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and discuss the merit of the prevalent solutions offered by scholars in relation to substantive gender equality. The thesis finds the solutions from a systematic legal literature review covering AI and gender. READ MORE

3. 2. Japan and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: Implementation and Enforcement pertaining to Sex Discrimination in the Labour Market

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Maja Sato-Nilsson; [2018]
   Keywords : International law; CEDAW; sex discrimination; gender equality; Japan; labour market; Folkrätt; kvinnokonventionen; könsdiskriminering; jämställdhet; Japan; arbetsmarknad;

   Abstract : The present study examines the status of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Japan, with due regard to the status of treaties in general as sources of rights and obligations in the country. Further, the study aims to ascertain whether the said Convention has been properly implemented and enforced, and to demonstrate obstacles causing deficiencies and shortcomings in regards to combating discrimination against women in the labour market. READ MORE

4. 3. The Saudi Elephant In The Room - The Appointment of Saudi Arabia to the Commission on the Status of Women 2018-2022

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Caroline Åhslund; [2017]
   Keywords : public international law; human rights law; women s rights; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Saudi Arabia was among the thirteen states elected to the UN Commission on the Status of Women in April of 2017. The Commission on the Status of Women is the leading women’s rights promoting and protecting body of the world, whereas the state of Saudi Arabia is infamous for conducting systematic discrimination towards women. READ MORE

5. 4. The Subject of Women’s Rights: An Investigation of CEDAW’s (Straight) Construction of Family-­Related Human Rights

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Lynn Kathleen Pasterny; [2015]
   Keywords : CEDAW; Sexual Orientation; Family; Intersectional Discrimination; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The history of international human rights law shows that the articulation of human rights has often been scripted around the experiences of some rather than all. For example: men. READ MORE

6. 5. Transforming Society: State Responsibility to Eradicate Gender Stereotypes in Georgia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Ketevan Akhobadze; [2015]
   Keywords : Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : No country has yet achieved full gender equality and one of the reasons is the stereotypical attitudes towards characteristics and roles of men and women. International community has acknowledged that gender stereotypes are an obstacle to full realisation of human rights of women and men and the obligation to tackle those has been included in the Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). READ MORE