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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTION WATCH
301-19TH AVENUE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS MN 55455 USA TEL: 612 625 5093 E-MAIL: IWRAW@hhh.umn.edu www.igc.org/iwraw

EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
A Guide to Implementation and Monitoring Under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTION WATCH

Copyright 2004 International Women’s Rights Action Watch, University of Minnesota Funding for this publication was provided by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and by the Catharine A. Cram International Women’s Human Rights Fund at the University of Minnesota. Funding for the 2003 IWRAW training on Using the ICESCR to Promote Women’s Human Rights was provided by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. Special thanks to Professor David Weissbrodt and the University of Minnesota Law School.

Copies of this manual are available from IWRAW. US price: $18 postage paid. For information on shipping ouside the US and bulk purchases, contact IWRAW at the address on the back cover or iwraw@hhh.umn.edu. The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. The Humphrey Institute is hospitable to a diversity of opinions and aspirations. The contents of this report are the responsibility of the authors.

EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

A Guide to Implementation and Monitoring Under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTION WATCH

2004

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Copyright 2004 International Women’s Rights Action Watch, University of Minnesota Funding for this publication was provided by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and by the Catharine A. Cram International Women’s Human Rights Fund at the University of Minnesota. Funding for the 2003 IWRAW training on Using the ICESCR to Promote Women’s Human Rights was provided by the



References: ICCPR General Comment 12 at para. 1. See Nsongurua J. Udombana, Articulating the Right to Democratic Governance in Africa, 24 Mich J. Intl. L. 1209, 1249 n.211.

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