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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
75th session of CEDAW (Room XVI, A Building), 10-28 February 2020
PSWG for the 77th session (Room XVI, A Building), 2-6 March 2020
CEDAW 40th Anniversary
74th session of CEDAW, Room XVII, E Building in Geneva, 21 October – 08 November 2019 Registration link
“Protecting and empowering girls and demanding equality”: Joint statement by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the occasion of the International Day of the Girl (11 October 2019)
Five UN human rights treaty bodies issue a joint statement on human rights and climate change, 16 Sept 2019
Monday 18 March 2019 in New York: Side Event co-organised by CEDAW Committee and UN Women on the margins of the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women
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