Ireland to be examined under CEDAW

Published: Thursday, November 05, 2015

In October NWCI co-ordinated a submission as part of Women’s Human Rights Alliance (WHRA) to the UN Committee overseeing the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Ireland hasn’t reported to the UN on its compliance with this Convention in over 10 years.

At the end of November, the UN Committee will send a List of Issues to the Irish government, asking them to give detailed responses on what they see as pertinent issues in relation to women in Ireland. In the 10 page submission NWCI and WHRA recommended that the UN Committee ask the government for responses in relation to 18 issues. To view the submission and other NGO submissions see here.