A special 30th anniversary United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) website has been launched by the United Nations. The website is one of many activities that will mark the anniversary of the adoption of CEDAW; legislation that is often referred to as the international human rights treaty for women.
A working group of the United Nations’ Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) has come together to plan a number of activities in 2009 to celebrate this important anniversary, including a special anniversary website that will contain:
- Examples of CEDAW’s successful implementation from around the world, which serve to illustrate how national partners and the global community can work together to ensure gender equality is a reality for all women and girls.
- A calendar of regional and country level events being organised by the UN and its partners to celebrate the Convention’s 30th anniversary.
- Information on the global anniversary celebration at UN headquarters in New York on December 3 , 2009.
- Electronically available publications and resources on CEDAW.
- Background information on the Convention and its Optional Protocol.
- A link to Inter Press Service’s special CEDAW website, which features articles on CEDAW’s implementation and interviews with CEDAW experts from around the world.
The 2007 World YWCA Council adopted a resolution requesting the YWCA movement to place emphasis on CEDAW implementation as an affirmation of the organisations commitment to global action for women and World YWCA General Secretary Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda is urging YWCAs to visit the new website.
“The YWCA as a movement is one of the leading organisations that advocated and lobbied for an appropriate international human rights instrument for women. The first call was at the 1975 International Women’s Year conference in Mexico City, when Mildred Persinger, YWCA USA member and World YWCA representative chaired the NGO meeting requesting stronger policies at the global level. Today, YWCAs the world over are providing services in communities, with initiatives addressing violence against women, HIV, sexual and reproductive health and rights, economic empowerment and peace with justice. Their story remains the same and we need accelerated implementation of CEDAW in a way that reduces inequalities in daily life experiences and empowers women at the individual and collective level.”
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