Status of women’s rights in Myanmar to be reviewed at the UN

Myanmar’s record on women rights will be reviewed on July 7 in Geneva by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, which evaluates compliance with the mandates of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Adopted by the General Assembly in 1979 and described as an international bill of rights for women, CEDAW establishes vast responsibilities on states to ensure women’s equality and end all forms of discrimination against women in public and political life.  Myanmar ratified CEDAW in 1997 and was last examined by the Committee in 2008. (Courtesy of mizzima.com)