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Making Rights Real:
A Workbook for Local Implementation

Making Rights Real:
A Workbook for Local Implementation

is a step-by-step guide on how to impact public policy using a human rights framework at the local level. This workbook focuses on the United Nations Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) as a mechanism for ensuring dignity and equity for all the members of your community.

Making Rights Real provides concrete strategies for implementing CEDAW whether you are a student, a teacher, a government official, or a community organization.

Though the workbook focuses on addressing gender-based discrimination, it is based on an intersectionality model that recognizes the specific ways that gender intersects with race, economic status, age, and the full spectrum of identities.

Strategies include:
• Assessing community needs
• Building a coalition
• Human rights training activities
• Developing a human rights-based campaign
• Building a media agenda

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