CEDAW Watch

      
     The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is one of the most widely ratified documents in history. And it has been the source of extraordinary controversy. The document, which is binding on States parties, was negotiated by member States of the UN. But its words have been continually reinterpreted by a monitoring committee and then used by the committee and some national courts and parliaments to change national laws, often without the knowledge and against the will of the citizenry.

     C-FAM's CEDAW Watch has followed the CEDAW committee since 1997. This program provides policy makers and citizens with the information they need to understand what CEDAW is all about and how to protect their national laws from the harmful effects of the activist committee.

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