Translating CEDAW into Law: CEDAW Legislative Compliance in Nine Pacific Island Countries

AUTHOR(S)
Vedna Jivan
Christine Forster
Culture

This report presents the results of a desk review conducted to assess if, how, and the degree to which the national laws of nine Pacific countries; Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, the , Papua New Guinea (PNG), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu comply with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). This review assesses legislative (de jure) compliance with CEDAW rather than real or actual equality (de facto). Whilst it has been universally recognised, and emphasised in the Beijing Platform for Action, that de jure legislative compliance may not of itself result in de facto compliance, the pursuit of legislative compliance is nevertheless an important initial measure towards that goal.

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UN/IGO Document
Submitted by Toksave
March 22, 2021
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