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Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/CMR/CO/4-5, 12 February 2014: Cameroon

Feb 12, 2014

Disadvantaged groups of women 36. The Committee is concerned about the lack of adequate protection and assistance for disadvantaged groups of women such as: (c) Lesbian, bisexual and transgender women who are victims of discrimination and criminalization (art. 347 bis...

General Recommendation No. 30 on women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations, CEDAW/C/GC/30, 1 November 2013

Nov 1, 2013

5. Displacement, refugees and asylum seekers (arts. 1-3 and 15) 57. The Committee recommends that States parties: (b) Address the specific risks and particular needs of different groups of internally displaced and refugee women who are subjected to multiple and...

Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/COL/CO/7-8, 2 October 2013: Colombia

Oct 2, 2013

35. While noting that the legal age of marriage in the State party is set at 18 years for both girls and boys, the Committee is concerned at the exception in the Civil Code of the State party which allows 14-year-old adolescents, both girls and boys, to get married...

Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/SRB/CO/2-3, 30 July 2013: Serbia

Jul 30, 2013

National Strategy for the Improvement of the Status of Women and Promotion of Gender Equality (2009-2015) 16. The Committee notes the adoption of numerous strategies and action plans, including a national strategy for the improvement of the status of women and...

Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/BIH/CO/4-5, 19 July 2013: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Jul 19, 2013

4. The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration, in 2006, of the State party’s combined initial, second and third periodic reports (CEDAW/C/BIH/1-3) in undertaking legislative reform, in particular: (a) The adoption, in 2009, of the law on the...