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3.2.14

Working for WOMEN'S RIGHTS


57th session of CEDAW : 10-28 February 2014


The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol, entered into force on 22 December 2000.
CEDAW Committee consists of 23 experts on women’s rights from around the world.
Countries who have become party to the treaty (States parties) are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights of the Convention are implemented. During its sessions the Committee considers each State party report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of concluding observations.

In the next session, the following States are going to be examined: Bahrain, Cameroon, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Sierra Leone and Finland.