Mission report to Botswana : preparation of the national report for the committee on the elimination of discrimination against women (CEDAW)

Abstract

The principle of equal rights of men and women is affirmed in the charter of the United Nations (promulgated in 1946), as well as in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, which dates from 1948). This principle has since been reaffirmed in other international instruments. Despite the abundance of instruments, however, discrimination against women remains an enduring and widespread reality. Consequently, it was deemed necessary to establish a distinct instrument for women the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).