CEDAW on the Situation in Haiti

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women expresses its deepest sympathy and solidarity to the Government and people of Haiti affected by the devastating earthquake of 12 January 2010. The Committee also extends its condolences to the families of United Nations staff as well as the three prominent Haitian women’s rights activists, Myriam Merlet, Magalie Marcelin and Anne Marie Coriolan, who perished in the earthquake.

The earthquake which hit the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, has caused tremendous hardship, injury and loss of life among the general population. Whilst relief workers are struggling to provide aid to the people of Haiti and whilst the situation remains dire for everyone, women and children are particularly affected by the crisis. The Committee calls for the inclusion of a gender perspective in all humanitarian relief efforts so that the specific needs of women may be adequately addressed.

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Women’s Rights: Some Progress, Many Gaps

“Women’s Rights: Some Progress, Many Gaps” is a shadow report prepared by Dutch NGOs. This study examines  the Fifth Report by the Government of the Netherlands on the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), 2005-2008.

The Dutch shadow report was released in November 2009. You can download it from here.

Event Report: Women and Migration in Europe & the Commonwealth of Independent States

To celebrate the 30^th anniversary of CEDAW, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in partnership with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), organised a panel discussion on “Women and Migration” in Geneva with links to six video conference sites, based in: Chisinau, Moldova; Dushanbe, Tajikistan; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Almaty, Kazakhstan; and Brussels, Belgium.

The event in Brussels was co-organized by WIDE, EWL and UNIFEM. You can read and download the report from this event.

KARAT Dedicates its Bulletin to CEDAW

KARAT Coalition is delighted to present the special issue of their bulletin dedicated to 30th anniversary of the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

KARAT believes in CEDAW and is committed to work for it’s stronger political potential. With this issue KARAT invites you to get familiar with their actions around the Convention – events, publications, travels – they have recently done.

Please feel free to download the bulletin from here.

WIDE CEDAW Special Newsletter

In the framework of WIDE CEDAW +30 Campaign, WIDE has published a Special Issue of its  Newsletter dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Convention of Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination agains Women.

We are grateful to all members of the CEDAW Task Force group for their contributions, motivation and involvement.

We invite you to download the CEDAW Newsletter from here.