Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
PeaceWomen monitors the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women in the lead up to and during its sessions. The Committee was established in 1982 to monitor implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The Committee meets every year in at least two sessions of three weeks each. The sessions take place at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, and it is expected that one session per year will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
For more information about the Committee's work, please see About CEDAW.
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
The CEDAW Committee has during the spring of 2012 conducted regional consultations in Bangkok, Addis Ababa, Istanbul and Guatemala, and expects to present the General Report by the Summer Session to be held in New York in 2013.
Forthcoming event: The 54th session will take place in Geneva in February 2014.
49th Session, New York 11 - 29 July 2011 Costa Rica, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Italy, Nepal, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Zambia
48th Session, Geneva 17 January - 4 February 2011
Bangladesh, Belarus, Israel, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, South Africa
47th Session, Geneva 4 - 22 October 2010
Burkina Faso, Chad, Comoros, Czech Republic, Lesotho, Malta, Tunisia, Uganda
46th Session, New York
12 - 30 July 2010
Albania, Argentina, Australia, Central African Republic, Fiji, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Russian Federation, Seychelles, Turkey, India
45th Session, Geneva
18 January - 5 February 2010
Botswana, Egypt. Malawi, Netherlands, Panama, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
44th Session, New York
20 July - 7 August 2009
Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Denmark, Guinea Bissau, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Japan, Liberia, Spain, Switzerland, Timor Leste, Tuvalu
43rd Session, Geneva
19 January - 6 February 2009
Armenia, Cameroon, Dominica, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Rwanda
42nd Session, New York
20 October - 7 November 2008
Bahrain, Belgium, Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Mongolia, Myanmar, Portugal, Slovenia, Uruguay
For information about Sessions prior to 2008, please see the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women website, which provides information about the Convention, the Optional Protocol and the work of the Committee up until 31 December 2007.
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