An Illustrated Book on CEDAW

 Author                    SAHE

 Published                 SAHE

 Date                       2002

 Abstract

Supported by UNIFEM, this publication is based on the Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) - A UN Convention that has been in implementation since 1981 as an international bill of rights for women. The book itself concentrates primarily on the first 16 articles of the Convention, which identify the commitments made by member states once they have ratified the Convention. It also gives a summary of the remaining 14 articles that cover the procedure through which a member state should establish a supervisory Committee. The book contains illustrations appertaining to the clauses of the Convention that, along with the articles themselves, further expand upon the definition of equality and the features of discrimination based on sex. The book is meant to create more extensive awareness among the civil society of equality between men and women, and what that entails according to CEDAW, of which Pakistan is a ratified member.