CEDAW is the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, also called the International Bill of Rights for Women. For decades, WRC has been coordinating the production of the Shadow Report through consultation with hundreds of women’s organisations across the UK. This report 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) of CEDAW. This is a full-length version of the Shadow Report.

The CEDAW Committee produced a series of Concluding Observations, listing concerns and recommendations for the UK Government to address by the next monitoring round in March 2023. The Committee requires the UK Government to report on their progress on four recommendations of particular concern in 2021, which is what this Shadow Report will focus on.*

*We have commented on the first two CEDAW recommendations1 together in the first section of this report i.e., incorporating the Convention into domestic law and to include provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights and associated case law of the European Union after the UK has left the Union.

For decades, WRC has been coordinating the production of the Shadow Report through consultation with hundreds of women’s organisations across the UK. This report is written by WRC and is the result of the collection of evidence and collaboration women’s organisations in the UK (see list in report).

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CEDAW Interim Shadow Report - Short Version

CEDAW Interim Shadow Report - Recommendations

CDAW Interim Shadow Report - Appendix