This essay’s problem is based on the subordination of women that exists worldwide, more specifically on womens rights. The study examined six countries with case study as a method. The countries were chosen based on their ranking on the Global Democracy Ranking of 2015. The countries chosen were the two who got the best grades, the two in the middle and the two who came last. With three different theoretical foundations, the UN Women’s CEDAW-convention, Yvonne Hirdman’s gender theory and Global Democracy Ranking, the countries were examined and led to the following conclusions: the work with women’s rights have progressed further the higher ranking a country has on the Global Democracy Ranking and Hirdmans gender theory can be seen as one of the explanations for the existing inequality. The study also noted that there is a connection between the ratification of the CEDAW-convention and Women’s rights.

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Denna uppsats har behandlat den internationella kvinnokonventionen. Syftet med detta arbete har varit att undersöka hur de fyra grannländerna Sverige, Finland, Norge och Danmark har implementerat konventionen genom att betrakta de åtgärder som vidtagits. Uppsatsen har även bringat klarhet i skillnader och likheter mellan dessa länder och ett särskilt fokus har legat på några utvalda områden. Dessa är löneskillnader mellan män och kvinnor, diskriminerande reklam, prostitution och våld mot kvinnor. Den rättsvetenskapliga metoden har använts för att redogöra för detta men även komparativ metod då olika rättssystem har jämförts. Resultatet av denna undersökning har påvisat att länderna är lika i många anseenden beträffande hur de implementerat konventionen. Även skillnader har noterats, bl.a. angående lagstiftning.

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The present study examines the status of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Japan, with due regard to the status of treaties in general as sources of rights and obligations in the country. Further, the study aims to ascertain whether the said Convention has been properly implemented and enforced, and to demonstrate obstacles causing deficiencies and shortcomings in regards to combating discrimination against women in the labour market. In theory, treaties enjoy a high status in Japan, however, human rights treaties are rarely directly applied by the courts. Although certain legislative reforms have been undertaken to bring domestic law into harmony with the CEDAW, the Convention has had a limited impact. The domestic legislation fails to prohibit all forms of discrimination against women and the prohibitions, as well as the statistical targets for female representation, lack the backing of an effective enforcement mechanism. Additionally, the Japanese judiciary has been reluctant to accept arguments based on the CEDAW and, so far, no litigants have prevailed explicitly on the grounds of the Convention. The vague wording of the CEDAW makes the provisions easy to circumvent, which stresses the importance of bridging discrepancies between the treaty rules and domestic law. Finally, the Government of Japan needs a more comprehensive approach in addressing the issue of sex discrimination in the labour market, which includes working proactively to modify discriminatory practices and stereotypes.

<p>The aim for this thesis is to study the international gender equality work from a perspective of the concept of universalism and particularism, with the United Nation’s Declaration of Human Rights, and especially -“The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women”, in focus. The shadowreports of Namibia and Sweden are used as examples of how countries with different historical, political and social contexts are working with gender equality.A theroetical framework is constitued by theories as postmodernism, postcolonialism and feminism with basis from social constructionism. The thesis is methodological influenced by Critical Discourse Analysis. Notions from former studies were also used as tools in the analysis. Some of the main notions, which within the concept of universalism and particularism, appeared as difficulties in the implementing of the CEDAW, were religion, law, democracy and superior position for men towards women.</p>

The aim for this thesis is to study the international gender equality work from a perspective of the concept of universalism and particularism, with the United Nation’s Declaration of Human Rights, and especially -“The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women”, in focus. The shadowreports of Namibia and Sweden are used as examples of how countries with different historical, political and social contexts are working with gender equality.A theroetical framework is constitued by theories as postmodernism, postcolonialism and feminism with basis from social constructionism. The thesis is methodological influenced by Critical Discourse Analysis. Notions from former studies were also used as tools in the analysis. Some of the main notions, which within the concept of universalism and particularism, appeared as difficulties in the implementing of the CEDAW, were religion, law, democracy and superior position for men towards women.

In Lebanon exists fifteen different religious courts treating personal status laws i.e., laws regarding marriage and divorce, one of these is the ja’farite court. The purpose of this essay is to clarify the process of marriage and divorce within the ja’farite court and to further investigate in which ways the ja’farite court violate women’s human rights. To answer these questions the research method used is a text analysis through a qualitative method where the analysis and the conclusion present the results of the research. The result and the conclusion present that the ja’farite court violate several articles from the CEDAW; Lebanon as a state has ratified CEDAW and is obligated to commit to their undertakings. Therefore, Lebanon should first and foremost engage in the abolishment of the religious courts but also establish adequate oversight mechanism to guarantee women’s human rights.

The purpose of this study is to examine the implementation of the Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women, CEDAW, in Uppsala local council and county council. The aim is to examine how the respondents, in their daily work, understand and implement the convention as well as how they consider the prerequisites for a successful implementation. The study was conducted using qualitative interviews with three civil servants and four politicians. The theoretical approach was implementation theory whose concepts willingness, comprehension and capability were used as tools for the analysis. The results portray CEDAW as a well-known treaty amongst the respondents but at the same time absent in local politics and everyday work. The convention is perceived as an abstract and ideological document which reveals the respondents’ insufficient knowledge about CEDAW as a human rights treaty and the state´s obligation to eliminate discrimination against women. The results also indicate that unclear instructions and responsibility distribution as well as lack of resources, such as time and knowledge, obstruct successful implementation of CEDAW. In conclusion, gender equality is neither a prioritised issue in Uppsala local council and county council and nor seen as a human right.

Sveriges ratificering av CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, eller Kvinnokonventionen, är ett internationellt traktat framtaget av Förenta nationerna i syfte att stärka kvinnors mänskliga rättigheter. Som det första landet att ratificera konventionen har Sverige varken transformerat eller inkorporerat konventionen i svensk lagstiftning, då svensk rätt har ansetts redan vara i normharmoni med konventionen. Tvister som uppstår i en transnationell kontext kan emellertid orsaka att kvinnors rättigheter i skilda regelverk hamnar i kläm, och föranleder frågan hur detta förhåller sig till åtagandet av Kvinnokonventionen. Det internationellt privaträttsliga rättsområdet har utvecklats i syfte att underlätta för domstolar att hantera gränsöverskridande tvister. I en gränsöverskridande tvist är det emellertid risk för att rättigheter kan förgås när två regelverk ser olika ut och det ena regelverket blir tillämpligt framför det andra. Lagval som landat i svensk rätt och som exempelvis behandlat anspråk från kvinnor på typfrämmande rättsinstitut såsom mahr, och som inte har en motsvarighet i svensk rätt, har underkänts i Högsta domstolen. Kvinnan, som inrättat sig efter sitt i ursprungslandet ingångna äktenskapsavtal, står därmed plötsligt utan denna rättighet. Uppsatsen behandlar just denna komplexa relation som kan uppstå vid gränsöverskridande tvister mellan svenska rättsregler och förhållningssätt, och andra länders rättsregler, seder och bruk. Vidare testas om svensk rätt, när den inte erkänner ursprungslandets seder, uppfyller åtagandet som följer av Kvinnokonventionen i dessa avseenden. Tre rättsfall som behandlar det typfrämmande rättsinstitutet mahr, barnäktenskap respektive månggifte används för att illustrera den transnationella kontexten. Slutsatsen som kan dras är att Sverige i vissa avseenden inte uppfyller sitt åtagande och att den svenska rättspolitiken inte tillräckligt har beaktat de negativa konsekvenser som kan uppstå för kvinnor när deras ursprungliga rättigheter underkänns abrupt. Motargument mot denna slutsats som stödjer den svenska hållningen behandlas också för visa på det komplexa rättsläget som för närvarande råder. / Sweden’s ratification of CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, is an international treaty developed by the United Nations with the aim of strengthening women’s human rights. However, as the first country to ratify the convention, Sweden has neither transformed nor incorporated the convention into Swedish legislation, as already existing Swedish law is considered to be in harmony with the convention. Disputes that arise in a transnational context can, however, lead to women’s rights not being fully considered when dealing with different regulations and raises the question if the commitment to comply with the Convention is being upheld. Private international law has been developed with the aim of enabling courts to deal with cross-border disputes by means of rules on how to determine the choice of law, which court has jurisdiction in the case, and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. However, when deciding on these issues in a cross-border dispute, there is a risk that rights may be forfeited when two regulations are different and one of them becomes applicable over the other. Choice of law rules that has decided that Swedish law is applicable in cases that deal with claims from women regarding, for example, their right to mahr according to the law of their home country, and which has no equivalent in Swedish law, has been rejected by the Supreme Court in some instances. The woman has thus suddenly lost her right. This essay deals with the complex relationship that can arise in cross-border disputes between Swedish legal rules, and other countries’ legal rules and customs. Furthermore, it is tested whether Swedish law, when it does not recognize the customs of the foreign country, still meets the rules stipulated in the Convention in these respects. Three cases dealing with mahr, child marriage and polygamy are used to illustrate the transnational context. The conclusion drawn is that Sweden, in some respects, does not fulfill its commitment and that Swedish legal policy has not sufficiently considered the negative consequences that may arise for women when their rights, according to their home country, are abruptly rejected. Counterarguments against this conclusion, in line with the Swedish approach, are also dealt with to show the complexity of the legal situation that currently prevails.