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, Sixth periodic report of States parties due in 2016 : Jordan 25 June 2015 \| Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Consideration of reports by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Fifth and sixth periodic reports of States parties due in 2013 : Burundi 24 June 2015 \| 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 : 8th and 9th periodic reports of States parties : El Salvador 12 June 2015 \| 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 and fifth periodic reports of States parties due in 2014 : Switzerland 2 June 2015 \| 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 2015 : Bangladesh 29 May 2015 \| 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 2015 : Sri Lanka 29 May 2015 \| 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 and sixth periodic reports of States parties due in 2013 : Armenia 28 April 2015 \| 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 reports of States parties due in 2010 : Mali 28 April 2015 \| 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 and ninth periodic reports of States parties due in 2014 : Bhutan 28 April 2015 \| 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 and ninth periodic reports of States parties due in 2014 : Canada 28 April 2015 \| Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) \| Document type: States Parties Reports

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