Leveling the Playing Field: Promoting Women's Economic Capabilities and Human Rights

摘要

The last two decades have witnessed a striking evolution in the conception of not only human rights, but of development, as both relate to promoting the freedom, well-being and dignity of all people. The recent and ongoing convergence of these two approaches is invigorating the dialogue regarding the field of women in development, and reshaping policy and practice promoting women's advancement. Yet in many regions of the world, women's freedom to develop their full potential is constrained by socioeconomic and political norms and practices.