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The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
CEDAW Committee consists of 23 experts on women’s rights from around the world.
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Click on the image to access the interactive mapSee the maps on ratifications (PDF) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women or its Optional Protocol
66th session Geneva, Palais des Nations, Room XVI, A Building, 13 February - 3 March 2017
Pre-sessional Working Group for the 68th session, Room XVI, A Building, 6 - 10 March 2017
Draft General Recommendation on Gender-Related Dimensions of Disaster Risk Reduction in a Changing Climate
Pre-Sessional Working Group for the 67th session Geneva, Palais des Nations, Room XVI, A Building, 21-25 November 2016
65th session Geneva, Palais des Nations, Room XVI, A Building, 24 October-18 November 2016
Draft update of General Recommendation No. 19 (1992) on gender based violence against women
Addressing gender dimensions in large-scale movements of refugees and migrants - Joint Statement by the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW), the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Side Event to the 64th CEDAW session: "Promoting and Protecting Women Migrant Workers’ Labour and Human Rights through CEDAW and CMW" (21 July 2016, 1.15 - 2.45 p.m., PDN, Room XXIV)
19th Meeting of States parties - Elections 2016
Half-day general discussion on "gender-related dimensions of disaster risk reduction and climate change"
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