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   Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

   An international bill of rights for women

   International Conventions or Treaties

   Global

   Land & Gender

   gender equity in access to land

   women

   The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is the only international treaty specifically focused on preventing discrimination against women and explicitly dealing with rural women and their rights (Art. 14). On 18 December 1979, the Convention was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. It entered into force as an international treaty on 3 September 1981 after the twentieth country had ratified it.