CEDAW

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What is the CEDAW?

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Known as the International Bill of Rights of

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Women

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Convention on the Elimination of

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all Forms of Discrimination Against Women

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(CEDAW) was adopted by the United

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Nations in 1979 and took effect on 3

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September 1981. The Philippines signed

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the CEDAW on 15 July 1980 and ratified it

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on 5 August 1981

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the first ASEAN country

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to do so. As of May 2015

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the Convention

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has been ratified by 189 states.

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The Philippines also ratified the Optional

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Protocol to the CEDAW on November 12

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2003

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which established two mechanisms

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that enable women to seek redress for

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violations of CEDAW through the

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communication procedure and the inquiry

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procedure.

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