International Women's Rights Action Watch - Asia Pacific

IWRAW Asia Pacific is based in the South and contributes to the progressive interpretation, universalization, implementation and realization of women's human rights through the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (the Women's Convention) and other international human rights treaties.

This section of the International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW-AP) website is devoted to the use and interpretation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (OP-CEDAW). The website provides the text of OP-CEDAW, a list of signatories, an explanation of how to become a state party, an explanation of administration and communications and inquiry procedures, a guide to its practical application, an exploration of remedies, relevant case law and FAQs. [CEDAW Convention - International]