Summary "Making Equal Rights Real brings together leaders from around the world who have been working effectively to increase equal economic and social rights, ranging from rights in the workplace to property ownership and education. The contributors tell the detailed stories of effective approaches to implementing equal rights for racial and ethnic minorities in North America, women in Africa, children in the Middle East and sexual minorities in Asia. They also describe approaches taken around the world to increase equal rights for people living in poverty, for those living with disabilities and for all people seeking the information they need to hold their government accountable for implementing everyone's rights. The book addresses what can be done by policymakers, civil society, non-governmental organizations, lawyers seeking to implement equal rights legislation and advocates working in the community, as well as those developing constitutions and negotiating international agreements"-- Provided by publisher.Contents Machine generated contents note: Part I. Conventions and Constitutions: 1. Forging effective international agreements: lessons from the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities Michael Ashley Stein and Janet E. Lord; 2. Ensuring equal rights in constitutions: public participation in drafting economic, social and cultural rights Jill Cottrell; Part II. Laws and Policies: 3. Putting economic rights into practice: strategies from labor and employment law Benjamin Sachs; 4. Promoting equity in economic rights: the case of gender and land rights Elisa Scalise and Rene;e Giovarelli; 5. Equalizing social and cultural rights: approaches to equity across ethnic and racial groups Grace-Edward Galabuzi; Part III. Budgets and Information: 6. Public access to information: the keystone to claiming and defending rights Agnes Callamard; 7. Government budgets and rights implementation: experience from around the world Ann Blyberg; 8. Budgets, information and participation: civil society approaches to increasing rights accountability Roberto Bissio; Part IV. Case Studies of Successful Cross-Cutting Approaches: 9. An integrated approach to advancing children's rights and participation in Jordan Samia Bishara-Rizeq, Sirsa A. Qursha and Laila S. Abdul Majeed; 10. Working within communities to increase gender equity in Zambia Robyn Wisken; 11. Realizing equal rights in practice for people with disabilities in Argentina and the United States Mary MacLennan; 12. Guaranteeing legal rights for sexual and gender minorities in Nepal Alexandra Lesnikowski.