UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

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 an 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 defines discrimination against women as "...any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men and women, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field." Website: www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/index.htm

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Responses to the list of issues and questions with regard to the consideration of the sixth periodic report - Burkina Faso 24 June 2010 \| Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Information provided in follow-up to the concluding observations of the Committee: Response by Myanmar to the recommendations contained in the concluding observations of the Committee following the examination of the combined second and third periodic reports of Myanmar on 3 November 2008 - Myanmar 14 June 2010 \| Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) \| Document type: Comments on Concluding Observations
Responses to the list of issues and questions with regard to the consideration of the combined sixth and seventh periodic report - Russian Federation 22 May 2010 \| Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Responses to the list of issues and questions with regard to the consideration of the sixth periodic report - Argentina 29 April 2010 \| Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Responses to the list of issues and questions with regard to the consideration of the third periodic report - Albania 15 April 2010 \| Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: Combined third and fourth periodic reports of States parties - Algeria 24 March 2010 \| Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: combined fifth, sixth and seventh periodic reports of States parties - Sri Lanka 24 March 2010 \| Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: Combined sixth and seventh periodic report of States parties - Bangladesh 24 March 2010 \| Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Responses to the list of issues and questions with regard to the consideration of the combined initial, second and third periodic reports - Papua New Guinea 19 March 2010 \| Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Declarations, reservations, objections and notifications of withdrawal of reservations relating to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1 March 2010 \| Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) \| Document type: States Parties Reports

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