Internationalizing women's struggle against discrimination: The UN women's convention and the optional protocol

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1173-1188

  Tang, Kwong leung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Discrimination against women; Empowering women and Optional Protocol; International law; United Nations on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844259984     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch135     Document Type: Article

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