II Acquisitions
| Date | 01 March 2008 |
| DOI | 10.1177/016934410802600112 |
| Published date | 01 March 2008 |
| Subject Matter | Part D: Documentation |
Netherlands Q uarterly of Human R ights, Vol. 26/1 (2008) 161
II aCqUIsITIOns
Agenda Setting, the UN, and NGOs: Gende r violence and reproductive rights / Jutta M.
Joachim. – Washington: Georgetown University P ress, 2007. – xi, 244 p.
ISBN: 978–1-58901–175–5
In t he mid-1990s, when the United Nations adopted positions arming a woman’s
right to be free from bodily harm and to control her own reproductive health, it
was bot h a coup for the internat ional women’s rights movement and an instructive
moment for non-governmental organisations seeking to inuence UN decision
making. Pr ior to the UN General Assembly’s 1993 Declaration on t he Elimination of
All Forms of Violence against Women and the 1994 decision by the U N’s Conference
on Population a nd Development to vault women’s reproductive rights and health to
the forefront of its global population growth management programme, there was little
consensus among governments a s to what constituted v iolence against women and
how much control a woman should have over reproduction. is book tells the story
of how, in the years leading up to these decisions, women’s organisations overcame the
cultural opposition of many UN member States to broadly dene the two issues and
ultimately cement women’s rights as an international c ause.
e Circle of Empowerment: Twenty-ve years of the UN Committee on the Elimination
of Discrimination Against Women / Ha nna Beate Schöpp-Schi lling and Cees
Flinterman (eds.). – New York: Feminist Press, 2007. – 410 p.
ISBN: 1–55861–563–6
Adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, the Convention on the Elimination
of All Form s of Discrimination a gainst Women is the most impor tant human rights
treaty for women ever created. e United State s is the only industr ialised countr y
that has yet to ratif y it. Essays a nd personal reections by 45 members of CEDAW’s
Committee and a n introduction by former UN Secretar y-General Ko Annan reveal
the profound impact this Convention ha s had on women’s lives around the world.
With examples and moving reminiscences this collec tion addresses CEDAW’s impact
on women in personal status laws, labou r markets, migration, human tracking ,
politics, as well as t he obstacles created by cultural stereoty pes.
Corporal Punishment of Children: A human rights viol ation / Susan H. Bitensky. –
Ardsley, NY: Transnational Publishers, 2006. – x xvi, 398 p.
ISBN: 1–57105–365–4
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