TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bissio, Roberto
AU  - Hamed, Amir
TI  - Social Watch Report 2008: rights is the answer : overview
U1  - 338.9 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Montevideo
PB  - Social Watch
KW  -  Social Watch report
KW  - Rights
N2  - The report documents the commitment of governments to eradicate poverty and achieve gender equity through the testimony of civil society groups in 59 countries. Its argues that the multiple crises currently affecting the world require a 'rights-based approach' and that the current financial architecture has ignored or openly violated those rights and triggered spiralling inequity around the world. The report highlights areas in which women's rights indicators have improved, such as the decrease in the gap between girls and boys in education, particularly in the primary phase of schooling. The report re-emphasizes the income disparity between men and women
ER  -