GENEVA (22 February 2019) - The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon reviewed the situation of Rohingya women and girls in northern Rakhine state, based on a...
This guidance was produced by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the Committee). Pursuant to article 21 (1) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of...
GENEVA (28 November 2017) – A group of UN experts tasked with monitoring a global treaty on discrimination against women has requested an exceptional report from the Government of Myanmar on the...
GENEVA (4 October 2017) – The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) have called on the Myanmar...
Joint Statement by the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW), the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),...
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 7 July 2016 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined fourth and fifth periodic...
Le Comité pour l'élimination de la discrimination à l'égard des femmes a examiné aujourd'hui le rapport d'Haïti sur les mesures prises par ce pays pour mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la...
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning held a general discussion on gender-related dimensions of disaster risk reduction and climate change. Yoko Hayashi,...
Attacks against girls’ education occurring with “increasing regularity” – UN human rights report GENEVA (9 February 2015) – Attacks on schools in at least 70 different countries were documented over...
Rights and plight of women asylum seekers and refugees brought into stark focus in new UN human rights paper GENEVA (6 November 2014) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against...