30th anniversary of the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- Monday Dec 21,2009 01:39 PM
- By editor
- In Analysis and research, News
The CEDAW is made up of 16 substantial and 14 procedural articles. It is a surprisingly significant convention because it deliberately goes beyond conventional equality approaches and puts forward “positive measures” to promote women, and contains active political and legal steps towards gender equality. See WIDE information and analysis (pdf format). See also WIDE - CEDAW Campaign and Blog .
New members to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will be elected by the UN General Assembly in 2010. There are two candidates from Latin America: 
