© Margaret Schuler

Women's Human Rights Step by Step 
Facilitator's Guide 

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​Margaret Schuler and Nancy Flowers

Women, Law and Development International, 2002
ISBN-13: 978-1890832070
ISBN-10: 1890832073
​184 pages
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This facilitator's guide is a tool for organizational leaders working to build the capacity of people to use the human rights framework to advocate for greater government responsiveness to women's needs and concerns. The training has a focus on women, but can be used by anyone interested in teaching about the international human rights system. It is a guide to developing a critical set of skills and knowledge needed to carry out human rights advocacy. It demonstrates how to:
  • frame the issue of concern in human rights terms.
  • understand what is a women's human rights issue.
  • propose a strong solution or remedy for the problem.
  • design an advocacy strategy using human rights concepts and mechanisms, and 
  • incorporate the components of effective advocacy into all phases of the strategy.

This facilitator's guide is the intended to enhance the use of its core text, Women's Human Rights Step by Step.
​To read this guide online or download it, click here:

Slides, Documents and Case Studies
to accompany the Facilitator's Guide


The slides are located on Powerpoint Online, but they can be downloaded as Powerpoint Presentations. The worksheets and case studies can also be downloaded as pdf files.

Unit 1: Human Rights Fundamentals

A. Slides for Unit 1
​B. Worksheets  for Unit 1

Unit 2: Human Rights Enforcement

A. Slides for Unit 2
​B. Worksheets for Unit 2

Unit 3: Women's Human Rights 

A. Slides for Unit 3
​B. Worksheets for Unit 3

Unit 4: Human Rights Advocacy

A. Slides for Unit 4
B. Worksheets for Unit 4

Case Studies for Units 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Links to UN Human Rights Documents

1
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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International Covenant on Civil and Pilitical Rights

3
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

4
African Charter on Human and Perople's Rights

5
American Convention on Human Rights

6
European Convention in Human Rights

7
International Convention in the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

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Convention on the Rights of the Child

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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Violence against Women

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Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women

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Optional Protocol to CEDAW

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​Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women
Women, Law & Development 
Its history and contributions to the global women's rights movement. 
by Margaret Schuler 

Women, Law and Development

In these pages, Margaret Schuler, the initiator and director of WLD for many years, shares the story of its development and the contributions it has made to the international movement.