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THE UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES SPECIAL WEBSITE FOR THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF CEDAW 18th 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). A working group** of the United Nations’
Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) has come
together to plan a number of activities in 2009 to celebrate this important
anniversary, including a special anniversary website, which they invite
you to visit: 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 UN and its
partners to celebrate the Convention’s 30th anniversary. ·
Information
on the global anniversary celebration at UN headquarters in New York
on 3rd December, 2009. ·
Electronically
available publications and resources on CEDAW. ·
Background
information on the Convention and its Optional Protocol. ·
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. Please visit the site and
share this announcement with your colleagues around the world. The working
group encourages you to post a link to the CEDAW
anniversary site on your organization’s website to help increase its
visibility among your constituencies. The website will be updated every
couple of weeks until the anniversary with new success stories so please
keep checking back on the site for new information. For further information
on the website, please contact jessica.hughes@unifem.org. ** The working group is
composed of OHCHR and UNIFEM (co-chairs), UNICEF, UN-DAW, UNDP and UNFPA.
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