Do women and girls have human rights? asks Pinar Ilkkaracan

The Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations was the culmination of pioneering work by the international women's movement. But rather than a vehicle to advance women's human rights, it has become a vehicle of global political interests, says Pinar Ilkkaracan.
PLEASE READ: http://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization-institutions_government/girls_rights_4386.jsp

Please also see:

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN WILL HOLD fifty-first SESSION
AT HEADQUARTERS, 26 FEBRUARY - 9 MARCH

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2007/wom1607.doc.htm

Women Empowerment at Doha Forum Finale,
by Aamir Latif, IOL Correspondent
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1171897354911&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout