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The British Columbia CEDAW Group, a coalition of women's NGOs committed to advancing the equality of women and girls, submitted a report on the occasion of Canada's fifth periodic report on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The document asserts that the province of British Columbia is failing in its CEDAW obligations. Specifically, the report states that (1) the Provincial Government is not fulfilling its obligations to women and girls as set out in CEDAW and (2) the post 2001 changes to provincial legislation and programs violates the general obligation under CEDAW to take all appropriate measures to ensure the full development and advancement of women and thus represent a backwards step in British Columbia's compliance. [Descriptors: CEDAW Convention, Canada]