United Nations Development Fund for Women

CEDAW, Beijing and the MDGs: Pathway to Gender Equality

This report looks at the relationship between the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Platform for Action (PFA), and the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs).

Gender and racial discrimination: Report of the Expert Group Meeting

This report is from a joint meeting of three United Nations (UN) agencies which considered the intersection of race and gender discrimination in three areas: discrimination directed toward women and girls; the disadvantages, obstacles and difficulties women face in the enjoyment of economic, social, cultural, political and civil rights; and measures to eliminate the effects of racism on women and girls and the provision of remedies and redress.