Jacqueline Tak-York Cheung
Biographic Data
| ID | 5823256 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jacqueline Tak-York Cheung |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jacqueline Tak-York |
| FAMILY NAME | Cheung |
| SIGNATURE | CHEUNG J T |
| AFFILIATIONS | social work practitioner in Vancouver |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Realizing Women's Human Rights in Asia: The UN Women's Convention and the Optional Protocol
Different international legal agreements have been arrived at by nations to deal with the global problem of discrimination against women, the most important of which is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (the Women's Convention). This paper discusses the importance of the Optional Protocol to the Women's Convention for Asian women, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1999. It provides for an…
Guaranteeing women's rights: The UN Women's Convention
This article looks at the success and limitations of the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The authors argue that one must not rely wholly on international agreement to promote women's rights. The Convention has a weak enforcement mechanism, and there have been problems in the implementation process. Some recommendations which touch on its supervisory and enforcement mechanisms are made and implication…
Models of workplace training in North America: A review
The dominant workplace training model in North America is the behavioural approach which is well matched to the dominant concept of Taylorism in management. Nevertheless, this paradigm has been increasingly challenged by the worker‐centred model which is dissatisfied with the management‐centred tenet within the behavioural approach. Four factors can be attributed to the declining popularity of the behavioural model: social changes, new needs of c…
Realizing Women's Human Rights in Asia: The UN Women's Convention and the Optional Protocol
Different international legal agreements have been arrived at by nations to deal with the global problem of discrimination against women, the most important of which is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (the Women's Convention). This paper discusses the importance of the Optional Protocol to the Women's Convention for Asian women, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1999. It provides for an…
Guaranteeing women's rights: The UN Women's Convention
This article looks at the success and limitations of the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The authors argue that one must not rely wholly on international agreement to promote women's rights. The Convention has a weak enforcement mechanism, and there have been problems in the implementation process. Some recommendations which touch on its supervisory and enforcement mechanisms are made and implication…
Models of workplace training in North America: A review
The dominant workplace training model in North America is the behavioural approach which is well matched to the dominant concept of Taylorism in management. Nevertheless, this paradigm has been increasingly challenged by the worker‐centred model which is dissatisfied with the management‐centred tenet within the behavioural approach. Four factors can be attributed to the declining popularity of the behavioural model: social changes, new needs of c…
Guaranteeing women's rights: The UN Women's Convention
This article looks at the success and limitations of the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The authors argue that one must not rely wholly on international agreement to promote women's rights. The Convention has a weak enforcement mechanism, and there have been problems in the implementation process. Some recommendations which touch on its supervisory and enforcement mechanisms are made and implication…
Realizing Women's Human Rights in Asia: The UN Women's Convention and the Optional Protocol
Different international legal agreements have been arrived at by nations to deal with the global problem of discrimination against women, the most important of which is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (the Women's Convention). This paper discusses the importance of the Optional Protocol to the Women's Convention for Asian women, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1999. It provides for an…
Political science (3 works) · Convention (2 works) · Human rights (2 works) · Human Rights and Development (2 works) · International Human Rights and Reproductive Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Adult and Continuing Education Topics (1 works) · Business (1 works)