The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the ninth periodic report of Germany, with Committee Experts commending Germany on its reception...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the combined initial to fifth periodic report of Sao Tome and Principe, with Committee Experts...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Timor-Leste, with Committee Experts commending the State on...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon was briefed by representatives of non-governmental organizations and a national human rights institution on the...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its eighty-fifth session, hearing a statement from a representative of the Secretary-General, and adopting its...

GENEVA (4 May 2023) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will hold its upcoming session from 8 to 26 May, during which it will review Timor-Leste, Sao Tomé and...

GENEVA (16 March 2023) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has found various violations of a woman’s rights as she had no access to affordable, medically...

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...

GENEVA (8 March 2023) – The UN women’s rights committee has found that the Philippines violated the rights of victims of sexual slavery perpetrated by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second...

International Women’s Day 8 March 2023 GENEVA/BANJUL/WASHINGTON/STRASBOURG (8 March 2023) – Commemorating International Women’s Day, UN and regional expert mechanisms on women’s human rights and...