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  2. List of parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All ...

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    On December 18, 1979, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women was opened for signature. Sweden became the first state to deposit the treaty on July 2, 1980. The treaty came into force and closed for signature on September 3, 1981 with the ratification of 20 states. Since then, states that did not sign the ...

  3. Category:Discrimination by country - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Discrimination by country" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. M. Discrimination in Mali

  4. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination ...

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    The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly. Described as an international bill of rights for women, it was instituted on 3 September 1981 and has been ratified by 189 states. [1]

  5. Women, Peace and Security Index - Wikipedia

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    The 2017/2018 WPS Report was the inaugural report that debuted the index. It ranked 153 countries, covering more than 98% of the world's population. The top 12 countries all scored at or above 0.845, with top three scorers in order being Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland. The bottom dozen countries scored at or below 0.56.

  6. Gender Inequality Index - Wikipedia

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    Countries by Gender Inequality Index (Data from 2019, published in 2020). Red denotes more gender inequality, and green more equality. [1]The Gender Inequality Index (GII) is an index for the measurement of gender disparity that was introduced in the 2010 Human Development Report 20th anniversary edition by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

  7. Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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    Discrimination" is not defined. Article 2 calls for the abolition of laws and customs which discriminate against women, for equality under the law to be recognised, and for states to ratify and implement existing UN human rights instruments against discrimination. Article 3 calls for public education to eliminate prejudice against women.

  8. Women's rights - Wikipedia

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    For example, acts of violence committed by men against women do not happen in a vacuum, but are part of a social context: in Opuz v Turkey, the ECHR defined violence against women as a form of discrimination against women; [178] [179] this is also the position of the Istanbul Convention which at Article 3 states that "violence against women" is ...

  9. List of anti-discrimination acts - Wikipedia

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    Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union whose Article 21 prohibits all discrimination including on basis of disability, age and sexual orientation; Directive 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions