Suchergebnisse

The convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has been one of the most broadly supported international treaties since its adoption by the United Nations 30 years ago. Since its inception, 186 UN member states have ratified the convention, showing their commitment to achieving gender equality worldwide. It remains a mystery to many, therefore, that, to date, the United States remains one of a small minority of countries that have not ratified this treaty designed to ensure equality between women and men and advance women's rights across the world. What we have chosen to address in this article are arguments against the ratification of CEDAW from the right, which are grounded more in fear than in reality. Adapted from the source document.

Identifies women as vital in combating the right-wing assault on equality of opportunity. Suggests that when women of color have doubts, it is often due to the perception that affirmative action has benefited white women at the expense of men of color. Includes a resource section in information geared to women and affirmative action.

Gegenstand der Untersuchung ist die Situation der Frauen in der VR China im Vorfeld der 4. Weltfrauenkonferenz in Peking. Der Verfasser arbeitet geschlechtsspezifische Diskriminierungen in den Bereichen Bildung, Familie sowie Beschäftigung heraus und skizziert das Frauenbild der chinesischen Gesellschaft. Im folgenden werden Maßnahmen bewertet, die der Verschlechterung der Situation der Frauen im Zuge des sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Übergangsprozesses zur Marktwirtschaft entgegenwirken sollten. Hierzu zählen gesetzliche Regelungen und eine Verbesserung der politischen Vertretung der Frauen ebenso wie eine Intensivierung von Frauenforschung und politischer Aktivität. Wenn auch die Intention der chinesischen Führung zur Abhaltung der Weltfrauenkonferenz in Peking ursprünglich ausschließlich auf diplomatischer Ebene gelegen haben mag, so kann diese Konferenz doch zu einer Verbesserung der sozialen Lage der Frauen in China beitragen. (BIOst-Wpt)

Whether UN agencies and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should continue to work in a country largely controlled by Taliban, a fundamentalist Islamic group, whose policies violate the rights of women; Afghanistan.

On the face of it, Wu Mei (not her real name) represents the modern Chinese woman who has achieved spectacular success. Just thirty-one years old, she makes around one million RMB (roughly $150,000) a year as an attorney in Beijing, a salary that likely places her in the top 1 percent income bracket in China. Slender and beautiful, she could be the perfect cover model for a magazine feature on "China's richest women." Yet, as she speaks, a darker picture emerges. Wu recently managed to obtain a divorce from her abusive husband after five years of marriage, but only by giving up her home, her life savings, and most of her belongings. "I cried every day on my drive home from work. I just wanted to escape," says Wu, her eyes welling with tears as she recalls the violence of her married life. Her situation reflects a paradox for many educated young women in the new China. For all its failings, the Mao era (1949-1976) was a time when overcoming traditional forms of male-female inequality was proclaimed as an important revolutionary goal. Now, there are signs that women's past gains are being eroded. A combination of factors in recent years -- skyrocketing home prices, a resurgence of traditional gender norms, a state media campaign pressuring educated young women to marry, and legal setbacks -- has contributed to a fall in the status and material well-being of Chinese women relative to men. Wu Mei divorced around the same time that China's Supreme People's Court issued a stark new interpretation of the country's Marriage Law, reversing a cornerstone of the Communist Revolution. The Marriage Law of 1950 granted women rights to property (among other rights) and over the years, subsequent revisions of the law strengthened the notion of common marital property. Yet the Chinese government's latest amendment of the Marriage Law in 2011 specifies that, unless legally contested, marital property essentially belongs to the person who owns the home and whose name is on the property deed. And in China today, that person is usually a man. Adapted from the source document.