UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights for women. Consisting of a preamble and 30 articles, it defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination.
The Convention defines discrimination against women as "...any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men and women, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field."
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Concluding Comments of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Jordan | 10 August 2007 |
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Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) | Document type: Concluding Observations | ||
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UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Combined Third and Fourth Reports of States Parties, Jordan | 10 March 2006 |
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Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) | Document type: States Parties Reports | ||
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UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: State Party Report, Jordan | 26 October 1999 |
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Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) | Document type: States Parties Reports | ||
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