Contents
Gender and Human Rights
Introduction
Part One Origin and Evolution of Women's Rights
A. Early Feminist Writings and the Rights of Man Conceptions before the 19th Century
B. The Suffragist Movement
C. The Reproductive Health Movement
Part Two The International Human Rights System
A. An Overview of the Evolution of Human Rights
B. Human Rights in the Post World War II Era
C. The International Bill of Human Rights
D. Relevant Critiques and Debates against the Human Rights System
I. Responding to the Dilemmas of Universalism
II. Feminist Critiques
Part Three Milestones in the Development of Women's Human Rights System
A. The role of the Commission on the Status of Woman(CSW)
B. The CEDAW
C. The Vienna Declaration and Program of Action
D. Beijing Platform for Action
Part Four Women's Rights in Ethiopia
A. Historical Overview -The Rise of Women's Questions
B. Overview of national gender profile
C. Overview of International and National and Commitments
I. The Legal and Policy Framework
II. Comments by the Committee on CEDAW for Ethiopia
Part Five Addressing Issues of Special Interest to Women
A. Women and the Rights to Development
B. Women's Rights to Health
C. The Rights to be Free from Violence- A Case Study of Domestic Violence
D. Women, Culture and Human Rights
E. Cultural practices and Women's Rights A case Study of Female Genital Cutting
Annex
A. Definition of basic concepts
B. Policy approaches associated with the Women in Development(WID)Approach
C. Major Events and development approaches employed from the late 1980s to the late 90s
D. Examples of human rights and gender equality empowerment indicators
List of References