WomenWatch: Directory of UN Resources on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women

Home Topics UN Entities Special Features Calendar of Events About Contact

Directory of UN Resources on Gender and Women's Issues

International Instruments and Treaty Bodies
Information on legal instruments and other relevant international standards of particular importance to women's human rights and gender equality, including CEDAW and other treaty bodies.

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, CEDAW (1979) and Optional Protocol to the Convention (1999)
The Convention is often described as an international bill of rights for women.
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2003)
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages (1962)
Convention against Discrimination in Education (1960)
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (1958)
Convention on the Nationality of Married Women (1957)
Convention on the Political Rights of Women (1952)
Equal Remuneration Convention (1951)
Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (1949)

Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (1994)
[ daccess-ods.un.org ] Languages: English | French | Spanish | Arabic | Chinese | Russian
Proclamed by General Assembly resolution 48/104 of 23 February 1994
Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergencies and Armed Conflicts (1974)
[ daccess-ods.un.org ] Languages: English | French | Spanish | Arabic | Chinese | Russian
Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 3318(XXIX) of 14 December 1974
Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (1967)
[ daccess-ods.un.org ] Languages: English | French | Spanish | Arabic | Chinese | Russian
Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 2263(XXII) of 7 November 1967
UN Human Rights Council: Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
[ www2.ohchr.org ] Languages: English
UNESCO: Human Rights of Women
[ www.unesco.org ] Languages: English
A Collection of International and Regional Normative Instruments. Prepared by Janusz Symonides and Vladimir Volodin.

Home Topics UN Entities Special Features Calendar of Events About Contact

WomenWatch is an Initiative of the Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE)

Website: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/

Contact: Send us your comments and suggestions

Gender Mainstreaming UN Conferences, Meetings and Special Days International Instruments and Treaty Bodies Statistics and Indicators Millenium Development Goals Women and Poverty Education and Training of Women Women and Health Violence against Women Women and Armed Conflict Women and the Economy Women in Power and Decision Making Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women Human Rights of Women Women and the Media Women and Environment The Girl Child Rural Women HIV / AIDS Trafficking Men and Boys Population / Migration Women and ICT Women with Disabilities

Entities Specializing in Gender Issues: OSAGI - Office of the Special Advisor on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women DAW - Division for the Advancement of Women UNIFEM - UN Development Fund for Women INSTRAW - International Research and Training
Institute for the Advancement of Women UN Secretariat UN Intergovernmental bodies UN Specialized Agencies UN Programmes and Funds UN Gender Training and Research Inter-Agency Collaboration Women in the UN System Regional Information: Caribbean East Asia Eastern Europe and Central Asia Latin America North Africa and the Middle East North America Oceania South and South-East Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Western Europe