This handbook on women''s human rights is an integrated set of fourteen teaching and learning units. Together, they are designed to identify key issues in women''s human rights, define concepts, outline different methodologies for achieving women''s human rights, and offer a wide range of activities to facilitate teaching, learning, and discussion of women''s human rights challenges. Included in every chapter are a statement of key objectives, background information, discussion questions, special issue boxes, strategies and examples for taking action, and learning activities. Also included are key UN documents and international law bearing on women''s human rights. Handouts, checklists, assessment forms, and activist organizations round out the range of reference materials provided. User-friendly, jargon-free, authoritative, and packed with hands-on information, the handbook is an essential resource for anyone working in the field, human rights professionals, scholars, students, and activists.

This handbook on women''s human rights is an integrated set of fourteen teaching and learning units. Together, they are designed to identify key issues in women''s human rights, define concepts, outline different methodologies for achieving women''s human rights, and offer a wide range of activities to facilitate teaching, learning, and discussion of women''s human rights challenges. Included in every chapter are a statement of key objectives, background information, discussion questions, special issue boxes, strategies and examples for taking action, and learning activities. Also included are key UN documents and international law bearing on women''s human rights. Handouts, checklists, assessment forms, and activist organizations round out the range of reference materials provided. User-friendly, jargon-free, authoritative, and packed with hands-on information, the handbook is an essential resource for anyone working in the field, human rights professionals, scholars, students, and activists.