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Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
(CEDAW)
History
| Summary
and Text | Countries
that have ratified CEDAW | NGOs
and CEDAW | Preparing
Shadow Reports
39th session |
38th session | 37th session| 36th
Session | 35th session
| 34th session
33rd Session | 32nd
Session | 31st session | 30th session
Please note that as of January 1 2008, sessions of CEDAW will take
place at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in
Geneva. For the new CEDAW page, please click here.
As of this date, CEDAW will be monitored by the WILPF
Geneva Office.
The
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is
often described as the international bill of rights for women. Consisting
of a preamble and 30 articles, it defines what constitutes discrimination
against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such
discrimination.
The Convention
requires states to eliminate discrimination against women in the
enjoyment of all civil, political, economic and cultural rights.
It also establishes programmatic measures for states to pursue in
achieving equality between women and men.
As
of July 2007, 185 countries have ratified the Convention, constituting
over 90% of the UN's membership.
| Session |
Countries reporting |
UN documents and links |
NGO reports and Analyses |
Statements |
| 39th
Session
July 23 - August 10 2007 |
The Cook Islands, Belize, Brazil, Estonia,
Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Liechtenstein,
New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Korea, Singapore |
Agenda
for session
For state party reports, click HERE
Concluding
Comments |
Shadow Reports:
-Norwegian
NGO Report
-Additional
Shadow Reports
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For statements made during the opening and
closing of the 39th session, please click HERE |
| 38th Session
May 14-June 1 2007
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Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Pakistan,
Serbia, Sierra Leone, Syria, Vanuatu
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Agenda
For state party reports, click HERE
Concluding Comments:
Serbia
Sierra
Leone
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Shadow Reports:
Serbia
-Voice
of Difference
-European
Roma Rights Centre
Sierra Leone
- Sierra
Leone NGO Association
PeaceWomen
Analysis of the review of Serbia's report
PeaceWomen Analysis of the review of Sierra Leone's report
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For statements made during the opening and
closing of the 38th session, please click HERE
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37th Session
Jan. 15-Feb. 2 2007
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Austria, Vietnam, Azerbaijan, Colombia,
Greece,India,Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Namibia, Netherlands,
Nicaragua, Peru,
Poland, Suriname
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Agenda
For state party reports, click HERE
For concluding comments, click HERE |
NGO
reports and documents at 37th Session (from IWRAW Asia Pacific)
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For statements made during the opening and
closing of the session, please click HERE
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| 36th Session
August 7-25 2006 |
Cape Verde, Chile, China, Cuba, The Czech Republic,
The Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark
Georgia, Ghana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Mexico, Philippines
Moldova, Uzbekistan |
Agenda
For state party reports, click HERE
For concluding comments, click HERE |
The
implementation of CEDAW and Resolution 1325 in the DRC: A
PeaceWomen Review
For links to NGO reports presented at the
36th session, please click HERE
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For statements made during the opening and
closing of the session, please click HERE
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35th Session
May 15 -June 2 2006 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Malaysia, St. Lucia,
Turkmenistan, Cyprus, Guatemala, Malawi, Romania |
Agenda
For state party reports, click HERE
For concluding comments, click HERE |
PeaceWomen
article on SCR 1325 and CEDAW in Bosnia and Herzegovina
For links to NGO reports presented at the
35th session, please click HERE
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For statements made during the opening and
closing of the session, please click HERE
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34th Session
Jan. 16-Feb. 3 2006 |
Cambodia, Eritrea, Macedonia, Togo, Australia,
Mali, Thailand, Venezuela |
Agenda
For state party reports, click HERE
For concluding comments, click HERE |
PeaceWomen
summary and analysis of the 34th session
For links to NGO reports presented at the
34th session, please click HERE
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For statements made during the opening and
closing of the session, please click HERE |
| 33rd Session
July 5-22 2005 |
Benin, Democratic People's Republic of Korea,
Gambia, Lebanon, Burkina Faso, Guyana, Ireland, Israel |
Agenda
For state party reports, click HERE
For concluding comments, click HERE
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PeaceWomen
report of 33rd session
For links to NGO reports presented at the
33rd session, please click HERE
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For statements made during the opening and
closing of the session, please click HERE
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32nd Session
Jan. 10-28 2005 |
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Samoa, Algeria,
Croatia, Gabon, Italy, Paraguay, Turkey |
Agenda
For state party reports, click HERE
For concluding comments, click HERE
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For links to NGO reports presented at the 32nd
session, please click HERE
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For statements made during the opening and
closing of the session, please click HERE
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| 31st Session
July 6-23 2004 |
Angola, Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, Equatorial
Guinea, Latvia, Malta, Spain, Argentina |
Agenda
For concluding comments, click HERE
For state party reports, click HERE |
PeaceWomen
report on the 31st session
For links to NGO reports presented at the
31st session, please click HERE
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For statements made during the opening and
closing of the session, please click HERE
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30th Session
Jan. 12-30 2004 |
Belarus, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Germany, Kuwait,
Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Nigeria |
Agenda
For concluding comments, click HERE
For state party reports, click HERE |
PeaceWomen
report on the 30th session Shadow
reports:
Ethiopia
Kyrgyzstan
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For statements made during the opening and
closing, please click HERE |
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