| Title | Displacement, Statelessness and Questions of Gender Equality under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| Publisher | UN High Commissioner for Refugees |
| Publication Date | August 2009 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | PPLAS/2009/02 |
| Other Languages / Attachments | Executive Summary (English) | Executive Summary (French) | Executive Summary (Spanish) |
| Related Document | Summary of background paper entitled "Displacement, statelessness and questions of gender equality and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women" |
| Cite as | UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Displacement, Statelessness and Questions of Gender Equality under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, August 2009, PPLAS/2009/02, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a8aa8bd2.html [accessed 26 November 2009] |
| Comments | This background paper, written by Alice Edwards, was prepared for a seminar between the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), held at the United Nations in New York, 16-17 July 2009. |
Topics: Gender mainstreaming, Stateless persons, Internally displaced persons, Womens rights, Forced displacement, Gender discrimination,