Title Displacement, Statelessness and Questions of Gender Equality under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Publisher UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Author Alice Edwards
Publication Date August 2009
Topics Gender discrimination | Gender mainstreaming | Internally displaced persons (IDPs) | Statelessness | Women's rights
Citation / Document Symbol PPLAS/2009/02
Other Languages / Attachments Executive Summary (English) | Executive Summary (French) | Executive Summary (Spanish)
Related Document(s) 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"
Cite as UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Displacement, Statelessness and Questions of Gender Equality under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, August 2009, PPLAS/2009/02, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4a8aa8bd2.html [accessed 5 October 2017]
Comments This background paper, written by Alice Edwards, was prepared for a seminar between the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), held at the United Nations in New York, 16-17 July 2009.