What is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)?
Read this handy briefing.

Following on from the conference on CEDAW that WRC held in March 2009, a CEDAW Working Group has been established to raise awareness around this international tool among women's organisations in the UK and to take forward a strategy for the next UK examination in 2012.

• Watch the film from the conference

• Join the online CEDAW group to stay updated with this work (you will need to join the Women's Cafe which is women-only)

• See the event report (1940KB) from CEDAW in Action: Global South / North exchange, a WRC and WOMANKIND Worldwide event in November 2009.
  

• Share your stories, testimonies and reflections of how CEDAW has been used to address injustice and open up pathways of women's empowerment

Use CEDAW's recommendations to lobby for your organisation here

Below are some more useful resources to support the work of women's organisations:

• WRC Briefing: A Powerful New UN Agency for Women
• Equality and Human Rights Commission presentation on their role as a National Human Rights Institute (NHRI) and the Optional Protocol
• View stories of CEDAW from around the world
• UNIFEM 30th Anniversary of CEDAW website
  
• More information on the Beijing Platform for Action
  
• More information on the Optional Protocol
• Making connections with the European Union
• GEAR campaign for UN Agency for Women
  
• See WRC's previous responses to international issues