Women of the World: Know Your International Human Rights 

Table of Contents

Foreword - Minister Plibersek
Foreword - Elizabeth Broderick

1. What are human rights?
2. What is the United Nations?
3. The UN: Protecting the rights of women
4. What is an international human rights treaty?
5. What is CEDAW?
6. Australia's signing of CEDAW
7. Rights contained in CEDAW
8. Optional Protocol to CEDAW
9. Implementing and monitoring CEDAW
10. What you can do
11. Useful links
12. ANNEXURE - UN human rights treaties

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