On 18 December 1979, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. It ...

The Convention provides the basis for realizing equality between women and men through ensuring women's equal access to, and equal opportunities in, political ...

For the purposes of the present Convention, the term "discrimination against women" shall mean any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of ...

The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the United Nations ...

The Convention is the only human rights treaty which affirms the reproductive rights of women and targets culture and tradition as influential forces shaping ...

CEDAW is often described as the international bill of rights for women, and is one of the key international agreements that guides the work of UN Women in ...

The CEDAW Convention is built on three foundational principles: non-discrimination, state obligation and substantive equality. Non-discrimination is ...

It describes the role of the Committee on the. Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the treaty body established by the. Convention to secure ...

By following CEDAW, the UK agrees to take measures to ensure women's full enjoyment of human rights on an equal basis with men.

Opened for signature in Istanbul in May 2011, the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence ...