HUMAN RIGHT FOR WOMEN
Skip to main content Skip to navigation ENGLISH ESPAÑOL FRANÇAIS Search form Search Home About Topics Emergencies Publications News Media Data Donate Home The Human Rights of Women The Human Rights of Women 42 274 21 13 2006 Author: UNFPA Publisher: UNFPA Numerous international and regional instruments have drawn attention to gender-related dimensions of human rights issues, the most important being the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ( CEDAW ), adopted in 1979 (see box). In 1993, 45 years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted, and eight years after CEDAW entered into force, the UN World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna confirmed that women’s rights were human rights. That this statement was even necessary is striking – women’s status as human beings entitled to rights should have never been in doubt. And ye...