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020 _a9781107008458 (hardback)
020 _a110700845X (hardback)
082 0 0 _aKC200.M34 2012
_b08145431
245 0 0 _aMaking equal rights real :
_btaking effective action to overcome global challenges /
_c[edited by] Jody Heymann, McGill University; Adèle Cassola, McGill University
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2012
300 _axxi, 397 pages ;
505 0 _aAchieving equal rights: lessons from global efforts / Jody Heymann and Adèle Cassola -- Forging effective international agreements : lessons from the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities / Michael Ashley Stein and Janet E. Lord -- Ensuring equal rights in constitutions : public participation in drafting economic, social, and cultural rights / Jill Cottrell -- Fulfilling the promise of economic rights: learning from labor and employment law / Benjamin Sachs -- Promoting equity in economic rights : the case of gender and land rights / Elisa Scalise and Renée Giovarelli -- Equalizing social and cultural rights: approaches to equity across ethnic and racial groups / Grace-Edward Galabuzi -- Government budgets and rights implementation : experience from around the world / Ann Blyberg -- Budgets, information and participation : civil society approaches to increasing rights accountability / Roberto Bissio -- An integrated approach to advancing children's rights and participation in Jordan / Samia Bishara-Rizeq, Sirsa A. Qursha, and Laila S. Abdul Majeed -- Working within communities to increase gender equity in Zambia / Robyn Wisken -- Realizing equal rights in practice for people with disabilities in Argentina and the United States / Mary MacLennan -- Guaranteeing legal rights for sexual and gender minorities in Nepal / Alexandra Lesnikowski
520 _a"Making Equal Rights Real brings together leaders from around the world who have been working effectively to increase equal economic and social rights, ranging from rights in the workplace to property ownership and education. The contributors tell the detailed stories of effective approaches to implementing equal rights for racial and ethnic minorities in North America, women in Africa, children in the Middle East and sexual minorities in Asia. They also describe approaches taken around the world to increase equal rights for people living in poverty, for those living with disabilities and for all people seeking the information they need to hold their government accountable for implementing everyone's rights. The book addresses what can be done by policymakers, civil society, non-governmental organizations, lawyers seeking to implement equal rights legislation and advocates working in the community, as well as those developing constitutions and negotiating international agreements"--
650 0 _aHuman rights.
650 0 _aHuman rights advocacy.
700 1 _aHeymann, Jody,
700 1 _aCassola, Adèle,
700 1 2 _aStein, Michael Ashley.
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