| Short Summary | | Title | Gender and Citizenship: What Does a Rights Framework Offer Women? | | Author | Huq, S. | | Publication Date | October 2000 | | Publisher | Institute of Development Studies (IDS) | | Summary | This article describes how the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action have been used by an NGO in Bangladesh to mobilise around issues of violence against women (VAW) and reproductive health. Focussing on women's rights and citizenship, the NGO, Naripokko, helped to build an alliance of women's groups that understood women's rights and was able to demand them. The movement drew in excluded groups of women such as sex workers and survivors of violence, people who would not generally have been in a position to exercise their citizenship due to marginalisation. As a result of its advocacy and monitoring work, gains were made in state practice and policy. For example, committees to resist violence against women were established in 64 districts under the leadership of the district commissioner.
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