The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon heard from representatives of non-governmental organizations and of national human rights institutions on the situation...

GENEVA (17 February 2021) — The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will review the situation of women’s rights and gender equality in Denmark, including the self...

15 February 2021 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon opened its remote seventy-eighth session, hearing a statement by Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant...

10 December 2020 - Recover Better: Stand Up For Human Rights Statement adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women On the occasion of Human Rights Day 2020, the...

GENEVA (30 November 2020) – The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risk that people at the edges of society will be pushed into slavery, trafficking and/or sexual exploitation, and governments must...

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Summary This general recommendation contextualizes the implementation of the obligations of States parties to combat all forms of...

GENEVA (11 November 2020) — The UN women’s rights committee today called on governments to pursue all appropriate means to eliminate trafficking in women and girls, highlighting the increasing use of...

GENEVA (5 November 2020) – The worsening health of Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul, who has been on hunger strike since 26 October to protest against her prolonged detention, is...

5 November 2020 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon concluded its seventy-seventh session, which it held remotely. The Committee adopted its report for the...

29 October 2020 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today held an online meeting during which it heard from two of its members as well as a joint statement by non...