Eritrea’s record on women’s rights to face scrutiny by UN
Committee
GENEVA (23 February 2015)
– Eritrea’s record on women’s rights will be examined by the UN
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on
Thursday 26 February in meetings that will be webcast live.
Eritrea is one of the 188 States parties to the Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and so is
required to submit regular reports to the Committee of 23 independent experts
on how it is implementing the Convention.
The Committee will engage in a dialogue with the delegation
from the Eritrean Government on questions relating to the promotion and
protection of women’s rights in the country. The session will take place in
Conference Room XVI at Palais des Nations in Geneva from 10:00 -17:00 (12:00 –
19:00 in Eritrea). The live webcast can
be viewed at http://www.treatybodywebcast.org/.
Among the issues likely to be discussed are: measures to
tackle gender stereotypes and harmful practices such as female genital mutilation;
legislation criminalising violence against women, including marital rape; women's rights in context of compulsory
military service; measures taken to ensure women can vote and stand in
elections; strategy to improve women’s access to and retention in education
system; adequate access to sexual and reproductive health services;
awareness-raising among women of laws relating to family and marital property.
Eritrea’s written report and more information can be found
here:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=901&Lang=en
CEDAW’s concluding observations on Eritrea and the other
States being reviewed – Gabon, Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Tuvalu, Denmark, Kyrgyzstan
and Maldives - will be published on 6 March here:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=901&Lang=en
ENDS
To learn more about the Committee on the Elimination of the
Discrimination against Women, visit:
http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/cedaw/pages/cedawindex.aspx
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Throssell (+41 (0) 22 917 9466/ ethrossell@ohchr.org
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