This factsheet explains the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) by answering the following questions:
• What is CEDAW?
• What is the role of the UN CEDAW Committee?
• What are CEDAW General Recommendations?
• How is the implementation of CEDAW monitored?
• What are Concluding Observations?
• What is the CEDAW ‘Follw Up’ Procedure?
• What is the CEDAW Optional Protocol?
• What is the status of CEDAW ratification and reporting in the • Pacific?
• Which Human Rights treaties are ratified in the Pacific?
• What is the harmoinsed human rights reporting implementation approach?
