Realizing Women's Human Rights in Asia: The UN Women's Convention and the Optional Protocol

Asian Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Tang, Kwong Leung ^a,b   Cheung, Jacqueline Tak York ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Asian women; CEDAW; Human rights; International law; Optional Protocol; Rights of women

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642491869     PISSN: 12259276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12259276.2003.11665957     Document Type: Review

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