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28. 02. 2015.

MEDIA ADVISORY - Maldives’ record on women’s rights to face scrutiny by UN C



Maldives’ record on women’s rights to face scrutiny by UN Committee


GENEVA (23 February 2015)  – Maldives’ record on women’s rights will be examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on Friday 27 February in meetings that will be webcast live.

Maldives 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 Maldives 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 (14:00 – 21:00)  in Maldives).  The live webcast can be viewed at http://www.treatybodywebcast.org/.  

Among the possible issues to be discussed are: deep-rooted stereotypes and prejudices against women; violence against women; steps to address trafficking in women, including assistance to foreign women victims of trafficking; training of teachers, removal of gender biases and stereotypes in textbooks, provision of age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health education; widespread and clandestine abortions; programmes and services aimed at preventing HIV transmission among women engaged in prostitution and female intravenous drug users.

Maldives’ written report and more information can be found here:

CEDAW’s concluding observations on Maldives and the other States being examined – Gabon, Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Tuvalu, Denmark, Kyrgyzstan and Eritrea - will be published on 6 March here:  

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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

For more information and media requests, please contact Liz Throssell (+41 (0) 22 917 9466/ ethrossell@ohchr.org

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