Learn from Women
CEDAW – the Convention for the Elimination of All Discrimination Against Women - is a landmark international agreement that affirms principles of fundamental human rights and equality for women and girls. CEDAW is a practical blueprint to achieve progress for women and girls and is a catalyst for policymakers and advocates in each country to work together on how best to end discrimination.
Around the world, CEDAW has had a real impact in improving the lives of women and girls. CEDAW has been used to reduce sex trafficking and domestic violence; ensure primary education for girls and vocational training for women; ensure the right to vote; end forced marriage and child marriage; improve health care services and save lives during pregnancy and child-birth; allow women to own and inherit property; and ensure the right to work and own a business without discrimination.
Listen to first-hand stories and join them by making U.S. ratification of CEDAW a reality.
Brazil
Jacqueline Pitanguy, Citizenship, Studies, Information, and Action (CEPIA) (English and Spanish)
Fiji
Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, femLINKpacific
Gambia
Hannah Forster, African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights
Nigeria
Grace Osakue, Girl's Power Initiative (GPI), Elizabeth Okoojion, Girl's Power Initiative (GPI)
Senegal
Aminata Dieye, Case des Jeunes Femmes (English and French)
