The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
{"Image DocumentName": "The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)", "Image ImageDescription": "Known as the international Bill of Women\u2019s Rights. Ratified by 186 countries \u2013 NOT including Iran, Somalia, Sudan, the United States and 3 small Pacific Island nations (Nauru, Palau and Tonga). The Convention has 16 substantive articles that cover a wide range of women\u2019s rights including in education, employment, marriage and family life, political and public life, and equality before the law etc. No specific article on violence but the CEDAW Committee\u2019s General Recommendation No. 19, Violence Against Women, covers this in stating, Gender-based violence may breach specific provisions of the Convention, regardless of whether those provisions expressly mention violence.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}