thereafter we briefly discuss some of the possibilities and limits of international human rights in achieving concrete changes to women s lives and look at some of the strategic considerations that inform a politics around women s rights thus equality in marriage is referred to specifically in the iccpr article and cedaw article women s representation in political structures is also a regular concern of the hrc and the cedaw committee there is overlap between the cescr and the cedaw committee on some of the major social and economic rightssuch as health and education womens rights in relation to housing social security food and water are also increasingly gaining the attention of the committees and special mandate holders