21 June 2021 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today opened its online seventy-ninth session, hearing a statement by Simon Walker Representative of the Secretary-General...

GENEVA (17 May 2021) South Africa’s low levels of prosecution and conviction in domestic violence cases and the frequent failures by the police to serve and enforce protection orders, exposed...

High-level political forum for the Sustainable Development Goals 2021 on the theme of ‘Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that promotes the economic, social and...

GENEVA (7 April 2021) — Libya violated the human rights of an activist working on women’s rights by failing to investigate and prosecute her unlawful arrest and torture by a militia group affiliated...

GENEVA ( 1 April 2021) — The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has published its findings on Denmark, including the self-governing territories of Greenland and...

GENEVA (24 March 2021) – On the occasion of the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the EDVAW Platform of 7 independent United Nations and regional expert mechanisms on elimination...

GENEVA (23 March 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, the Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and other UN and regional human rights...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon adjourned its online seventy-eighth session, during which it considered the ninth periodic report of Denmark, its first...

24 February 2021 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) concluded this afternoon the examination in public session of Denmark's report, which began on Monday...