Title	Summary of background paper entitled "Displacement, statelessness and questions of gender equality and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women"
Publisher	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
Author	Alice Edwards
Publication Date	1 July 2009
Topics	Gender discrimination | Internally displaced persons (IDPs) | Statelessness | Women's rights
Citation / Document Symbol	CEDAW/C/2009/II/WP.3
Reference	Forty-fourth session
Other Languages / Attachments	French | Spanish
Related Document(s)	Displacement, Statelessness and Questions of Gender Equality under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Cite as	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), Summary of background paper entitled "Displacement, statelessness and questions of gender equality and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women", 1 July 2009, CEDAW/C/2009/II/WP.3, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4a8a9c682.html [accessed 2 June 2023]
Comments	Prepared for a joint seminar between the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, United Nations Headquarters, New York, 16 and 17 July 2009.