GENEVA (16 February 2024) - The very principles of the Convention protecting women and girls are challenged when mothers in the Gaza Strip have been put in a situation of burying at least 7,729...
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Afghanistan: Taliban’s arbitrary arrests and detention of women and girls over dress code must end immediately, UN experts say
GENEVA (2 February 2024) – UN experts* today expressed deep concern at numerous reports that scores of women and girls in Afghanistan have been arbitrarily detained and subjected to ill-treatment...
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Slovakia on the Adoption of Temporary Special Measures for Roma Women, Ask about Services Provided to Female Ukrainian Refugees and Healthcare for Roma Women
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Slovakia, with Committee Experts congratulating Slovakia on its...
Information and communication technologies vital to integration of migrant women: UN committees
International Women’s Day 8 March 2023 GENEVA (8 March 2023) – Around 140 million migrant women worldwide have left their home countries in search of a better life. Some of them, however, lack...
Banning women and girls from schools and workplace jeopardises entire country, UN committee condemns
GENEVA (29 December 2022) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has strongly condemned the recent decisions by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to...
Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Ukraine for Achievements in Gender Equality, Raise Questions on Conflict-Based Sexual Violence
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the ninth periodic report of Ukraine, with Committee Experts commending the State on the measures...
Consulta Regional de la CEDAW para la elaboración de una Recomendación General sobre la Trata de Mujeres y Niñas en el contexto de la migración mundial
Introducción La trata de personas ha sido abordada en el derecho internacional como un delito, cuyo principal instrumento internacional es la Convención de las Naciones Unidas contra la Delincuencia...
Ukraine: Protection and participation of women is essential, say UN human rights experts
GENEVA (4 March 2022) – As the international community mobilises to respond to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, it is essential to ensure the protection of women and ensure their full...
Journée internationale pour l’élimination de la violence à l’égard des femmes, 25 novembre 2021 : Toutes les formes de violence contre les femmes et les filles doivent cesser - experts
GENÈVE (le 24 novembre 2021) – Partout dans le monde, les femmes et les filles continuent d’être soumises à de multiples formes de violence sexiste, notamment le féminicide, la violence en ligne et...
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2021: All forms of violence against women and girls must stop - experts
GENEVA (24 November 2021)* – Women and girls everywhere continue to be subjected to multiple forms of gender-based violence, including femicide, online violence and domestic violence, UN and regional...
Do more to support children born of rape in armed conflict and their mothers, UN committees urge States
GENEVA (19 November 2021) – Children born as a result of rape committed in armed conflict must be given better help and support, while women who survive sexual violence require comprehensive...
Ensuring prevention, protection and assistance for children born of conflict related rape and their mothers
Joint Statement by CEDAW and CRC The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) are deeply concerned at continued acts of...
Afghanistan: UN committees urge Taliban to honour their promises to protect women and girls
GENEVA (30 August 2021) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) call on the Taliban to honour their pledge...
General recommendation No. 38 (2020) on trafficking in women and girls in the context of global migration (CEDAW/C/GC/38)
Introduction Article 6 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (the Convention) sets out States parties’ legal obligation to “take all appropriate measures,...
Ending sexual harassment against women and girls with disabilities
Joint statement by UN Women, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Women and girls with disabilities rightly...
International Day of the Girl: Joint statement by the UN Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: Protecting and empowering girls and demanding equality
Geneva, 11 October 2019 - On International Day of the Girl, we call on States to better protect and advance the rights of girls, by ensuring full compliance with their obligations and withdrawing...
Five UN human rights treaty bodies issue a joint statement on human rights and climate change.
Joint Statement on "Human Rights and Climate Change" Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee on the Protection of the...
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women examines the situation of Rohingya women and girls in northern Rakhine state
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...
General Recommendation No. 37 on Gender-related dimensions of disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change (CEDAW/C/GC/37)
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...
Myanmar: UN experts request exceptional report on situation of women and girls from northern Rakhine State
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...