Select committee: Women and Equalities Committee

The UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women inquiry

Closed Opened 31 Oct 2018 Closed 31 Oct 2018
Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
The Committee will examine the review of the UK by the UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). MPs will consider the following overarching issues: The government’s strategy for implementing CEDAW and accountability for doing so Women’s voice to government - including marginalised groups of women and how the government engages with women’s equality experts in developing policy Whether data collection is adequate to inform policy on sex discrimination, particularly in relation to intersectional issues for particular groups of women such as minority women, women impacted by religious laws and disabled women.

Where it stands

The inquiry is closed, opened 31 October 2018.

The committee has not published a report yet.

Oral evidence sessions

1 session

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Date Session and witnesses Source
14 Nov 2018
Oral evidence session
No witnesses recorded
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