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| Ghana Elected To UN Committee |
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| Date: 30-Jun-2012 |
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Ghana has been elected a member of the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
This follows the election of Ms Hilary Amesika Gbedemah, a lawyer and gender consultant, in a fiercely contested election at the UN Headquarters, New York, by the 187 states parties present and voting.
By this election, Ghana joins 10 other elected member-states that will spearhead the activities of this worldwide body from January, 2013. The Committee will monitor the implementation of national measures in eliminating discrimination against women.
It is also empowered to make recommendations on any issue affecting women to which it believes the States parties should devote more attention.
The CEDAW, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1979, is often described as an international bill of rights for women.
The convention defines what constitutes discrimination against women and also sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination.
It 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 between men and women regarding human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural civil or any other field.”
Ms Gbedemah, who is rector of the Law Institute in Ghana, said her election is a confirmation of the high respect Ghana has earned and the recognition that Ghana’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations has merited for itself at the comity of nations.
An elated Ms Gbedemah praised Ghana’s Permanent Mission to the UN for its tireless efforts leading to her victory as well as those who mentored her in the process, and “hopes that Ghana will seize this opportunity to enact more pace-setting legislation on gender equality.” |
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| Source: Thebftonline.com |
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