Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979) and its Optional Protocol, which provides for individual communications and inquiry procedures.
IWRAW (International Women’s Rights Action Watch) has prepared guidelines on alternative reporting to the CEDAW Committee.
IDA monitors the work of the CEDAW Committee and makes submissions to it to ensure that the rights of women and girls with disabilities are addressed. Additionally, IDA provides input into the elaboration of General Comments by the CEDAW Committee.
Here below you can find information about the recent session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. For detailed information on past sessions of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, please click the link "View All Sessions" at the bottom of this page.
51st Session (February-March 2012)
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women met from 13 February to 2 March 2012 for its 51st session.
More information on this session.
Disability analysis of the Committee’s Concluding Observations, IDA’s recommendations for Concluding Observations and IDA’s disability analysis of the State reports. Together with Brazilian organisations of persons with disabilities (DPOs) and the Latin American Network of Persons with Disabilities and their Families (RIADIS), IDA made a joint submission with respect to Brazil.
Pre-Sessional Working Group
The CEDAW Committee held its Pre-sessional Working Group from 5 - 9 March during which it adopted the list of issues for the Central African Republic, Chile, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Serbia, Togo and Turkmenistan.
Disability analysis of the List of Issues, IDA’s suggested questions for the List of Issues, and IDA’s disability analysis of those State reports.
