IWRAW - International Women's Rights Action Watch

Women Change the World

The International Women's Rights Action Watch (IWRAW) was organized in 1985 at the World Conference on Women in Nairobi, Kenya, to promote recognition of women’s human rights under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (the CEDAW Convention), a basic international human rights treaty. IWRAW now is the primary international nongovernmental organization that facilitates use of international human rights treaties to promote women’s human rights and rights within families.

Promoting and Claiming Women's Human Rights
	About IWRAW and the Convention	Beijing+5 and Women's Human Rights
	Assessing the Status of Women: A Guide to Reporting Under the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women	CEDAW
	Producing Shadow Reports	CESCR
	Other IWRAW Publications	Contacting IWRAW
	Related Resources: NGO's and Research

Coming Up

CESCR 36th Session: April 24 – May 12, 2006
Initial Reports: Monaco, Liechtenstein

Periodic Reports: Canada, Morocco, Mexico

*pre-session for 38th session meets May 22-26, 2006

CAT 36th Session: May 1 – 19, 2006
Reports: Guatemala, Peru, Qatar, Republic of Georgia, Republic of Korea, Togo, United States of America

CEDAW 35th Session: May 15 – June 2, 2006
Initial Reports: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Malaysia, Saint Lucia, Turkmenistan

Periodic Reports: Cyprus, Malawi, Guatemala, Romania

HRC 87th Session: July 2006
Reports: Central African Republic, Honduras, United States of America, UNMIK (Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo) Bosnia and Herzegovina, Madagascar, Ukraine

CEDAW 36th Session: August 7 – 25, 2006
Initial Reports: Cape Verde

Periodic Reports: Chile, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Georgia, Ghana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Mexico, Philippines, Republic of Moldova, Uzbekistan

CAT 37th Session: November 6 – 24, 2006
Reports: Hungary, Russian Federation, Mexico, Guyana, Burundi, South Africa, Tajikistan, ( Seychelles non Reporting)

CESCR 35th Session: November 7-25, 2006
Initial Reports: Uzbekistan, Monaco

Periodic Reports: Slovenia, Austria, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

*pre-session for 37th session meets November 28-Dec. 1, 2005

CESCR 37th Session: November 6 – 24, 2006
Initial Reports: Albania, Tajikistan

Periodic Reports: El Salvador, The Netherlands, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

CAT 38th Session: May 7-26, 2007
Reports: Italy, Ukraine, Poland, Denmark, The Netherlands, Benin, Estonia

CAT 39th Session: November 2007
Reports: Luxembourg, Australia, Norway, Uzbekistan, Latvia, Japan, Zambia

CAT 40th Session: November 6 – 24, 2008
Reports: Indonesia, Portugal, Iceland, Sweden

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