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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Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention, Combined third to fifth periodic reports of States parties due in 2012 : Malaysia 17 October 2016 \| 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, Combined fourth to sixth periodic reports of States parties due in 2014 : Suriname 30 September 2016 \| 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, Seventh and eighth periodic reports of States parties due in 2014 : Iceland 22 August 2016 \| 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, Fifth periodic report of States parties due in 2014 : Fiji 15 July 2016 \| 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, Second periodic report of States parties due in 2015 : Montenegro 15 July 2016 \| 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, Eighth periodic report of States parties due in 2016 : New Zealand 15 July 2016 \| 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, Fourth periodic report of States parties due in 2014 : Albania 6 July 2016 \| 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 pursuant to the simplified reporting procedure, Eighth periodic report of States parties due in 2016 : Belarus 16 June 2016 \| 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, Seventh periodic report of States parties to be presented in 2014 : Burkina Faso 9 June 2016 \| 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, Seventh and eighth periodic reports of States parties to be presented in 2012 : Honduras 2 June 2016 \| Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) \| Document type: States Parties Reports

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