The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women is an expert body established in 1982. It is composed of 23 experts on women's issues from around the world. The Committee watches over the progress for women made in those countried who have ratified CEDAW.

Canada submitted its last report to CEDAW in 2002. After reviewing the report, along with 'alternative' reports submitted by NGO's, the Committee expressed concern about Canada's lack of compliance to CEDAW, and made recommendations that were designed to address women's social and economic realities in Canada. While Canada is internationally bound to implement CEDAW and address the Committee's recommendations, to date, most of the Committee's recommendations have been ignored.

In response to CEDAW's recommendations, FAFIA created this [0] resource which highlights a number of the Committee's recommendations.

For a summary of FAFIA's resource, click here [0].