Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

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United Nations treaty international human rights treaty

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is a landmark 1979 United Nations human rights treaty that defines and commits states to eliminate discrimination against women in all areas of life.

Aliases (2)

CEDAW ×2
States parties to CEDAW ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty → international human rights treaty →
adoptedAt	United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/180 →
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly →
adoptionDate	1979-12-18 →
adoptionYear	1979 →
articleCount	30 →
belongsToRegime	international human rights law →
callsFor	elimination of prejudices and customary practices based on stereotyped roles for men and women → equality of women and men before the law → modification of social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women → protection of women against trafficking and exploitation of prostitution →
defines	discrimination against women →
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations →
enteredIntoForceDate	1981-09-03 →
focusArea	economic and social life → education → employment → health care → marriage and family relations → political and public life →
headquartersOfMonitoringBody	Geneva → New York →
language	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
monitoringBody	Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women →
obligates	States parties to eliminate discrimination against women in law → States parties to eliminate discrimination against women in practice → States parties to take appropriate measures to ensure equality between men and women →
oftenDescribedAs	international bill of rights for women →
preamblePresent	true →
prohibits	discrimination against women in access to education → discrimination against women in employment → discrimination against women in health care services → discrimination against women in marriage and family relations → discrimination against women in political participation →
relatedInstrument	Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women →
requires	States parties to submit initial report within one year of entry into force for that State → States parties to submit periodic reports at least every four years → periodic reports by States parties →
shortName	CEDAW →
subjectMatter	elimination of discrimination against women → gender equality → human rights of women → women's rights →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United Nations human rights system → United Nations system of international law →	includesInstrument
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women → Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women ("CEDAW") →	monitorsImplementationOf
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women →	establishedBy
United Nations General Assembly treaties →	hasExample
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women →	hasLegalBasis
Treaties of Mexico →	hasPart
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women ("States parties to CEDAW") →	membersAreElectedBy
United Nations treaty bodies →	monitorsTreaty
Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women →	relatedInstrument
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ("CEDAW") →	shortName
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women →	supportsAgenda