Monday, July 9, 2018

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



PADUPAFRICA Registered with the United Nations to be a the CEDAW stakeholders meeting programe july 2018 abuja . The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights for women. Consisting of a preamble and 30 articles, it defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination.

The Convention defines discrimination against women as "...any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality Of men and women, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field."

By accepting the Convention, States commit themselves to undertake a series of measures to end discrimination against women in all forms.Women now have a Hub were we can report,educate,learn,and network..We are causing the changes that we want to see.

Pad up Africa is a non for profit foundation an arm of chaperone group .. with a core goal of provision of Free Sanitary Pads & educative, informative and communicative materials on menstrual hygiene to adolescent girl.

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