PHM-Exch> LAUNCH OF SPECIAL WEBSITE FOR THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF CEDAW

[Claudio Schuftan]

*IANWGE 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 at unifem.org.

** The working group is composed of OHCHR and UNIFEM (co-chairs), UNICEF,
UN-DAW, UNDP and UNFPA.
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