HTMLCountry4 Upcoming Events Call for comments: Draft General Recommendation on indigenous women and girls – deadline 31 January 2022	HTMLCountry5 Recent Developments and Events 80th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 18 October to 12 November 2021 CEDAW-CRC Joint Statement: Ensuring prevention, protection and assistance for children born of conflict related rape and their mothers (Word) 19 November 2021 CEDAW-CRC joint statement for the International Day of the Girl (PDF) 11 October 2021 Day of General Discussion on "the Rights of Indigenous Women and Girls 24 June 2021 Joint Call by CEDAW and IPU for National Action Plans to achieve gender parity by 2030 - International Women’s Day Word: English \| Français 8 March 2021 Joint CEDAW/CRC statement calling on the Taliban to protect the human rights of women and children in Afghanistan 30 August 2021 Statement of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Turkey (Word) 30 June 2021 New individual complaints form and guidance note Form (Word): English \| Français \| русский \| Español Guidance (Word): English \| Français \| русский \| Español Online review of ninth periodic report of Denmark on 22, 23 and 24 February 2021, 12:30 to 14:30 CET (live webcast) Statement of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Virtual Sessions 14 January 2021 Statement on the occasion of International Human Rights Day 2020: 20th anniversary of the Optional Protocol to CEDAW: A universal instrument for upholding the rights of women and girls and for their effective access to justice General recommendation No. 38 on trafficking in women and girls in the context of global migration Call by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to release all detained women human rights defenders, including Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul, in the wake of International Women Human Rights Defenders Day on 29 November 2020 English \| العربية Joint statement by UN Women, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on ending sexual harassment against women and girls with disabilities 22 October 2020 Statement:Women’s activism in political processes 3 September 2020 Statement: Global anti-racism protests must herald a new era in human rights, social and gender justice 9 July 2020 Statement: Call for joint action in the times of the COVID-19 pandemic Guidance note on CEDAW and COVID-19 Call for comments : Draft General Recommendation on trafficking in women and girls in the context of global migration (deadline for all interested parties: 15 May 2020 - Extended deadline). Spain must tackle obstertic violence Guidance note for States parties for the preparation of periodic reports under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals CEDAW 40th Anniversary Paper on the cooperation between the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and National Human Rights Institutions Five UN human rights treaty bodies issue a joint statement on human rights and climate change, 16 Sept 2019
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