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This article identifies the primary parameters of the international gender equality regimes which evolved within the context of the work of the United Nations. It presents an overview and analyses the main institutional, policy and normative frameworks that specifically address women's issues. In so doing, it takes account of the role of women's advocacy and the impact of the four world conferences on women as well as the series of world conferences of the 1990s on expanding the UN gender equality agenda. The article concludes by arguing that, while an international gender regime with well defined standards is in place, the domestic application of these norms remains the main challenge world wide. The realisation of international human rights norms for every woman around the world depends on and is mediated by domestic processes. First and foremost, there is need for political will and a commitment, by governments, to remove all obstacles to gender justice. It is also necessary that civil actors are mobilised to demand state accountability for compliance with international norms.

Forced Marriage brings together leading practitioners and researchers from the disciplines of criminology, sociology and law to provide a compelling alternative perspective to the problem of forced marriage. By locating forced marriage within broader debates on violence against women, social justice and human rights, the authors offer an intersectional perspective that can be used to inform both theory and practice