CEDAW Flashcards
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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
