GENEVA (10 February 2015)
– The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
(CEDAW) is meeting in Geneva from 16
February to 6 March to review women’s rights in the following countries:
Gabon (17 Feb); Azerbaijan (18 Feb); Ecuador (19 Feb);
Tuvalu (20 Feb);
Denmark (24 Feb); Kyrgyzstan (25 Feb); Eritrea (26 Feb);
Maldives (27 Feb)
The above are among the 188 States Parties to the Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and so are
required to submit regular reports to the Committee of 23 international
independent experts that monitors the implementation of the Convention. The Committee will also hear briefings from
NGOs and national human rights institutions.
CEDAW’s dialogues with the above States Parties will take
place from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 17:00 at Palais des Nations – Room
XVI. Live webcasts of the session can be viewed at
http://www.treatybodywebcast.org/.
The Committee's concluding observations will be published on
6 March here:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=901&Lang=en
ENDS
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Discrimination against Women, visit:
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