Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women convenes

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WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE MEETS ON COUNTRY REPORTS, 7 – 25 AUGUST

To Consider Reports by Cape Verde, Chile, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, DR Congo,

Denmark , Georgia, Ghana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Mexico, Philippines, Moldova, Uzbekistan


NEW YORK, 4 August (Division for the Advancement of Women) -- The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women convenes its thirty-sixth session next week at United Nations Headquarters.

Countries that are party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, sometimes referred to as the international bill of rights for women, legally commit themselves to ending all forms of discrimination against women, be they political, economic, social, cultural, civil or of any other type. The Convention defines discrimination against women and sets an agenda for action at the national level to end all its forms.

The Committee, which is made up of 23 independent experts in the fields covered by the Convention who are elected by States parties to serve a term of four years, monitors implementation of the Convention in States parties. Periodically, the Committee considers the reports of States parties, and evaluates how each State is meeting its obligations under the treaty to eliminate discrimination against women.