Australia has today formally moved to become a party to the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which was opposed by the former Government.
Australia has been a party to CEDAW since 1983. The previous Government refused to sign the Optional Protocol when it [...]
Australia comes in from the cold on women’s rights
Pacific Women’s Forum 2008
After long discussion and debate, the 15-member advisory committee for the Pacific Women’s Forum decided in December 2007 to postpone the planned April 2008 Regional Forum.
Through a process of reflection and dialogue, the advisory committee reached the view that to get the best outcome from a regional forum, national dialogues needed to take place first. [...]
IWDA Condemns Burmese Military Crackdown
International Women’s Development Agency condemns the Burmese military’s use of armed force against unarmed and peaceful demonstrators, and calls on the international community to intervene.
The military junta ruling Burma, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), has launched a violent crackdown in response to the public protests against its rule, which have increased to hundreds [...]
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