Women's Resource Centre (WRC) The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination...
Channel: SOAS University of London
Date: 09/11/2020

Women's Resource Centre (WRC) The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

CEDAW is the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Discrimination Against Women – also called the International Bill of Rights for Women.

For decades, Women’s Resource Centre has been coordinating work around CEDAW in the UK including the production of the Shadow Report which provides an accurate and true account of the status of women’s rights in the UK and is submitted to the monitoring body (the Committee) to CEDAW. The CEDAW Committee use the Shadow Report for evidence in their examination of the UK Government.

CEDAW is an important mechanism for women’s rights, however it is underused in the UK. This discussion with Women’s Resource Centre’s CEO Vivienne Hayes, will look at what CEDAW is and how you can use it to strengthen your activism, your organisation and lobbying voice.

The UNA Global South Action Committee and the Women's Resource Centre is hosting a workshop on the The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). What is it? How is it being used in the UK today? How can it be used in feminist campaigning going forward?

Find out more at: www.soas.ac.uk/fest-ideas/