Sentence examples for * cedaw in from inspiring English sources

Indonesia has also ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Cedaw) in 1984.

In 1974, President Nixon appointed Republican activist Patricia Hutar to lead a bipartisan delegation to draft the text of CEDAW in Geneva.

Morocco ratified the Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1993.

It continues to mirror the language of CEDAW in its use of the term the "exploitation" of prostitution.

It submitted its second and third reports to the Committee that monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination of Women (CEDAW) in 1998.

At government level, this is  evidenced by the ratification of major international treaties (including CEDAW in 1998) and major legislative breakthrough in the area of women's rights with the adoption of a gender sensitive Family Code in 2002.

A number of gaps were identified in country programmes with respect to gender mainstreaming, including limited attention to the concluding observations of the CEDAW committee in areas of programme cooperation.

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly and acceded to by 180 States, sets down rights for women, of freedom from discrimination and equality under the law.

While the basic right to political equality is taken for granted in many societies today and is explicit in the norms of international law (CEDAW 1979), in some cultures women are still not equal citizens.

It was one of the first countries to sign up to Cedaw – way back in 1980 – and women accounted for more than 20% of its members of parliament.

Indonesia's last periodic report to Cedaw, carried out in 2011, acknowledged a "lack of synergy and coordination among decision-makers", adding: "This has led to a situation where many women's rights issues remain unattended, both at the central, and much more so, at the regional levels.