The CEDAW Committee recently adopted a new General Recommendation No. 35, a milestone and a tool for accelerated implementation of regional and international obligations to eliminate gender-based violence. FAWCO was pleased to note language in the Recommendation explicitly acknowledging the important role of civil society in advancing gender-based violence as a priority on the global agenda.
"The Committee acknowledges that civil society groups,
Making the global local
Cities for CEDAW is a grassroots campaign launched at the UN Commission on the Status of Women in 2014 to gain support for the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) from US Mayors and secure 100 municipal CEDAW ordinances by January 2016.
The US is considered a leading nation in...
by Pam Perraud
On June 24, the Senator Barbara Boxer (D- CA) and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) ranking members of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women’s Issues convened a hearing entitled “Combating Violence and Discrimination Against Women: A Global Call to Action.” This was the first hearing on these vital...
CEDAW
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Purpose - The treaty, often called the “Bill of Rights for Women”, provides an international standard for protecting and promoting women’s human rights and is the only international instrument that comprehensively addresses these rights; affirming that women have equal human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political,
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FAWCO joins a coalition of NGOs and other women's groups' effort to launch a vital CEDAW ratification campaign on January 3rd, the first day of the 113th Congress. It’s time to get this done! CEDAW is a landmark international agreement that affirms principles of fundamental human rights and equality for women around the world. It’s a discredit to our country...
On 2 July, in a historic moment, the UN General Assembly voted unanimously for the establishment of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment, to be known as “UN Women.” The resolution that establishes the new entity is part of a larger resolution on System-wide Coherence (A/64/L.56) and is the result of years of negotiations between UN Member States...
