Title: A Rights-Based Approach to Gender Equality and Women's Rights
Abstract: ABSTRACT In the face of continuing gender inequalities and violations of women's rights, questions are being asked as to whether the predominant approach used by donor organizations—gender mainstreaming—remains a viable approach. At the same time, over the last few years, development practitioners' attention has been turning to the international human rights framework, and specifically, what is referred to as the “rights-based approach” (RBA) or “human-rights based approach” to development, linking both human rights practices and principles to international development approaches. This article explores the concept of an RBA to determine if it provides a useful methodology for furthering progress by donor agencies on achieving gender equality and women's rights. It is argued that for gender equality advocates working in donor organizations, an RBA adds value to current gender main-streaming efforts. However, a number of issues and lessons learned from gender mainstreaming need to be addressed to ensure that gender equality and women's rights are not marginalized.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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