UN OHCHR - Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

Contact data:	United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women Department of Economic and Social Affairs 2 UN Plaza DC2-12th Floor New York, NY 10017 United States Fax: + 1 212 963 3463 Website: www.un.org/womenwatch/daw
Year established:	1982
No. Staff:	10
Membership No:	2313

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Organisation aims and activities: The United Nations Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination against Women
(CEDAW), an expert body established in 1982,
is composed of 23 experts on women's issues
from around the world.

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The Committee's mandate is very specific: it watches over the progress for women made in those countries that are the States parties to the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. A country becomes a State party by ratifying or acceding to the Convention and thereby accepting a legal obligation to counteract discrimination against women. The Committee monitors the implementation of national measures to fulfil this obligation.

Operational level: International

Organisation type: United Nations agency

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