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30th Anniversary of CEDAW Website Launched

Date: 28 October 2009

18 December 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). UNIFEM, in collaboration with a working group of the United Nations’ Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE), has planned a number of activities in 2009 to celebrate this important anniversary, including a special anniversary website: www.unifem.org/cedaw30.

The website contains:

• 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 organized by the United Nations and its partners to celebrate the Convention’s 30th anniversary;
• Information on the global anniversary celebration at UN headquarters in New York on 3 December 2009;
• Electronically available publications and resources on CEDAW;
• Background information on the Convention and its Optional Protocol; and
• 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 IANWGE working group for the 30th anniversary consists of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and UNIFEM (co-chairs), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA).

For more information, please contact jessica.hughes[at]unifem.org.