7 years 1 month ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION
30 June 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its fifty-eighth session, hearing a statement from Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme of work for the session.
Mr. Salama said that following the adoption of General Assembly resolution 68/268 on strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty bodies system on 9 April 2014, the treaty bodies strengthening process had…
7 years 1 month ago
CEDAW DISCUSSES SITUATION OF WOMEN IN PERU, INDIA, MAURITANIA AND SYRIA WITH CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES
30 June 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the National Human Rights Commission of India to hear information on the situation of women in Peru, India, Mauritania and Syria, whose reports will be considered during the first week of the session.
Representatives of NGOs in Peru delivered oral reports in which they expressed concerns about the high rates of violence against women, including sexual violence, and the absence of a law…
7 years 3 months ago
UN COMMITTEE MARKS ONE MONTH SINCE ABDUCTION OF SCHOOLGIRLS IN CHIBOK, NIGERIA, URGES THEIR RELEASE, WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES
14 May 2014
Meeting Summaries
GENEVA (14 May 2014) - The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Wednesday firmly condemned the acts of violence against more than 200 girls who were abducted from their secondary school on 14 April 2014 during a violent raid by Boko Haram in the village of Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria. The Committee expressed deep concern about the fate of the girls, who have now been separated from their families for one month.
"The Committee considers that this large-scale abduction from an educational…
7 years 5 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION
28 February 2014
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Bahrain, Cameroon, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Sierra Leone and Finland
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its fifty-seventh session and adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Bahrain, Cameroon, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Sierra Leone and Finland on how these countries implement the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
The Committee's concluding observations and…
7 years 9 months ago
UN WOMEN’S RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS LANDMARK DOCUMENT ON WOMEN AND CONFLICT
23 October 2013
Meeting Summaries
GENEVA (23 October 2013) – States that have ratified the UN Women’s Rights Convention are obliged to uphold women’s rights before, during and after conflict when they are directly involved in fighting, are providing peacekeeping troops or donor assistance for conflict prevention, humanitarian aid or post-conflict reconstruction, a key UN women’s rights committee has said in a landmark document.
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) also said that ratifying States should exercise due diligence in ensuring that non-State actors,…
7 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION
18 October 2013
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Republic of Moldova, Colombia, Benin, Andorra, Cambodia, Tajikistan and Seychelles
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its fifty-sixth session and adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of the Republic of Moldova, Colombia, Benin, Andorra, Cambodia, Tajikistan and Seychelles on how these countries implement the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
The Committee's concluding…
7 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF SEYCHELLES
10 October 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined initial to fifth periodic report of Seychelles on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Presenting the report, Vincent Meriton, Minister for Social Affairs, Community Development and Sport, said Seychelles may be one of the smallest nations on earth, with a population of less than 90,000, but it was a nation of strong women and men who continued to prove their strength in…
7 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF TAJIKISTAN
09 October 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of Tajikistan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Presenting the report, Sumangul Tagoeva, Head of the Committee on Women and Family Relations of Tajikistan, spoke about how Tajikistan had implemented the Committee’s recommendations following its 2007 review, including establishing a law against domestic violence and other new…
7 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF CAMBODIA
08 October 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of Cambodia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Presenting the report Ing Kantha Phavi, Minister of Women’s Affairs of Cambodia, updated the Committee on new legislation relating to the prevention of discrimination against women. Remarkable achievements had been made in sexual and reproductive health, with a 60 per cent decrease in the…
7 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN HOLDS GENERAL DISCUSSION ON RURAL WOMEN
07 October 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning held a half-day general discussion on rural women, in view of receiving inputs and contributions for its General Recommendation on rural women that it will start drafting in 2013.
In her opening remarks, Nicole Ameline, Committee Chairperson, said rural women made crucial contributions to the development of their communities but their rights remained insufficiently addressed. Today’s discussion marked the start of the process of elaborating the General…
