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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Women Poverty Equality: The Role of CEDAW by Meghan Campbell
This book examines the potential of equality and non-discrimination at international law to redress gender-based poverty. It offers a sophisticated assessment of how the international human rights treaties specifically the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) which contains no obligations on poverty can be interpreted and used to address gender-based poverty. The author argues that the CEDAW should serve as an authoritative international standard setting exercise that can activate international accountability mechanisms and inform the domestic interpretation of human rights.