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Head of Department: Mpumalanga Department of Education and Another v. Hoerskool Ermelo and Another

This case concerns a 2009 appeal before the Constitutional Court of South Africa, brought by the Head of the Mpumalanga Department of Education (HoD).

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Factsheet on Women's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

This factsheet provides a basic overview of the content of economic, social and cultural rights for women. 

Developed thanks to the collective work of ESCR-Net Members
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Guide: Claiming Women's ESC Rights Using OP-CEDAW and OP-ICESCR

This Resource Guide aims to improve the existing knowledge and understanding of activists and lawyers on international norms and standards, such as substantive equality, to support effective advocacy on women’s economic, social and cultural rights.

Developed thanks to the collective work of ESCR-Net Members
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LMR v. Argentina (UN Doc. CCPR/C/101/D/1608/2007)

Born on 4 May 1987, LMR is a young woman living with her mother, VDA in Argentina. She has a mental impairment and has a mental age between 8 and 10 years old.. During a hospital visit she was found to be pregnant. Under section 82.6 of the Argentinean Criminal Code abortion is legal where the pregnancy is the result of the rape of a mentally impaired woman. LMR filed a police complaint and scheduled an abortion. Her abortion was prevented by an injunction against the hospital. LMR appealed unsuccessfully to the Civil Court.

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International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (INTERIGHTS) v. Greece Complaint No. 49/2008

This ECSR decision stemmed from a collective complaint lodged by the International Center for the Protection of Human Rights (INTERIGHTS), member of ESCR-Net, alleging that the Greek Government violated the right to housing of the Roma in Greece as protected under Article 16 of the ESC in conjunction with the Preamble of said Charter that guaranteed their equal access to social rights as a means to protect against their social exclusion.

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Submission to CEDAW, Access to Justice

The Women and ESCR Working Group of ESCR-Net collectively developed a short submission for CEDAW's Day of Discussion on Access to Justice. 

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Women's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

The Women’s ESCR Working Group focuses on activities in the following areas: Capacity-Building, Resource Creation, Norm Development, and Networking.

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MEDHA KOTWAL LELE & ORS. v. Union of India and Others. [2012] INSC 643

The case was presented by the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) to the Constitutional Court in light of the non-enforcement of a previous decision that established guidelines against sexual harassment at the work place in India: Vishaka vs.

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Reproductive Rights: A Tool for Monitoring State Obligations

The Monitoring Tool, produced by member Center for Reproductive Rights, provides a means to monitor the implementation of specific State obligations in the field of reproductive rights.

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Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483

This class action consolidated a number of cases brought on behalf of black schoolchildren denied admission to segregated public schools, under state law. Public facilities were previously racially segregated in the United States, particularly in the South. The case sought to challenge the "separate but equal" doctrine set forth in Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), that governed racial segregation at the time.

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