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Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/POL/CO/7-8, 14 November 2014: Poland

Nov 14, 2014

B. Positive aspects 4. The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2007 of the State party’s combined fourth and fifth periodic reports (CEDAW/C/POL/4-5) and sixth periodic report (CEDAW/C/POL/6) in undertaking legislative reforms, in...

Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/VEN/CO/7-8, 14 November 2014: Venezuela

Nov 14, 2014

C. Principal areas of concern and recommendations Disadvantaged groups of women 36. The Committee regrets the lack of effective measures taken to address discrimination and violence faced by disadvantaged groups of women, such as indigenous and Afro-descendant women,...

General Recommendation No. 32 on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, CEDAW/C/GC/32, 14 November 2014

Nov 14, 2014

II. Scope of the general recommendation 6. The Committee has, in previous general recommendations, clarified that articles 1, 2 (f) and 5 (a) of the Convention read together indicate that the Convention covers sex- and gender-based discrimination against women. The...

Joint General Recommendation No. 31 of CEDAW and General Comment No. 18 of CRC on harmful practices, CEDAW/C/GC/31-CRC/C/GC/18, 14 November 2014

Nov 14, 2014

VI. Causes, forms and manifestations of harmful practices 17. The causes of harmful practices are multidimensional and include stereotyped sex- and gender-based roles, the presumed superiority or inferiority of either of the sexes, attempts to exert control over the...

Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/IND/CO/4-5, 24 July 2014: India

Jul 24, 2014

C. Principal areas of concern and recommendations Violence against women 10. The Committee notes the State party’s efforts to enact a legal framework to prevent and respond to violence against women, including women from the marginalized castes and communities, such...

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Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/POL/CO/7-8, 14 November 2014: Poland

Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/VEN/CO/7-8, 14 November 2014: Venezuela

General Recommendation No. 32 on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, CEDAW/C/GC/32, 14 November 2014

Joint General Recommendation No. 31 of CEDAW and General Comment No. 18 of CRC on harmful practices, CEDAW/C/GC/31-CRC/C/GC/18, 14 November 2014

Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/IND/CO/4-5, 24 July 2014: India

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