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Local Action/Global Change: Learning About the Human Rights of Women and Girls

This comprehensive training manual includes the whole spectrum of women's human rights in an "interactive" format by combining the development of rights awareness with issue-oriented activities that include discussions, role-play, story-telling and creative expression in art and music. Local Action/Global Change includes substantive information about the human rights of women in such areas as violence, health, reproduction and sexuality, education, the global economy, the workplace, and family life. Each chapter connects the discussion to specific provisions of international agreements. This innovative book addresses many audiences: advocates for women's human rights, students, educators, and grassroots women.

By Julie Mertus with Mallika Dutt and Nancy Flowers. Foreword by Charlotte Bunch. Center for Women's Global Leadership and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), 1999; 254 pages. ISBN 0-912917-01-6. US$25.95

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword by Charlotte Bunch

Why local action/global change?

Chapter 1: Introductory Exercises
Chapter 2: Women's Human Rights to Equality and Non-Discrimination
Chapter 3: Women's Human Rights in the Family
Chapter 4: Women's Human Right to Health
Chapter 5: Women's Human Right to Reproduction and Sexuality
Chapter 6: The Human Rights of Young Women and Girls
Chapter 7: Women's Human Rights to Freedom from Violence
Chapter 8: Women's Human Rights in Politics, Public Life and the Media
Chapter 9: Human Rights of Refugee, Displaced and Migrant Women
Chapter 10: Women's Human Rights in the Economy
Chapter 11: Women's Human Rights and Work
Chapter 12: Women's Human Rights and the Environment
Chapter 13: Women's Human Right to Education

Appendices

Appendix I: Analytical Charts
Appendix II: Methodologies for Educators and Facilitators
Appendix III: Using Human Rights Systems and Mechanisms
Appendix IV: Selected United Nations Human Rights Documents
Appendix V: Glossary of Human Rights Terms

Bibliography

Topic Index

About the Authors