Lee Waldorf

Lee Waldorf is the Human Rights Advisor at the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Prior to joining UNIFEM she worked with UNICEF’s Division of Evaluation, Policy and Planning, and was a lawyer in private practice in Canada.

Making human rights for women a reality

There has been a critical shift from CEDAW being an aspirational international document, to its gender equality standards becoming entrenched in national constitutions, laws and policies around the world. Lee Waldorf reflects on how and why this has happened.

By Lee Waldorf

/ 18 Dec 2009