This Guide provides an overview of the Convention and the Committee and gives guidance on how to make use of the various procedures offered by the Convention.

This Guide provides indigenous women with a better understanding of the Convention and assist them in using the procedures under the Optional Protocol in order to gain redress.

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women adopted General recommendation No. 39 on the rights of indigenous women and girls on October 26, 2022.

Texts in major langauges of the General recommendation is accessible at https://bit.ly/3Wfw9DG. 

An international bill of rights for women adopted by the General Assembly in 1979.

For the 58th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (4th and 5th Periodic Review), June2014, Geneva, Switzerland. Submitted by ISAWN, IWFNIE and AIPP.

This provides for Communications and Inquiry Procedures to CEDAW.

Prepared by IWRAW Asia Pacific to guide NGOs in their participation in the CEDAW reporting process, including the preparation of CEDAW shadow/alternative reports.

The indigenous women in Asia and in other regions of the world still lack the necessary knowledge and skills in asserting and making their rights a reality. To address this concern, Asian Indigenous Women’s Network and its partners Forest Peoples Programme and Tebtebba came up with a handbook on the International Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

Realizing Indigenous Women’s Rights: A Handbook on the CEDAW provides information on the rights of indigenous women giving details on CEDAW as the only specific instrument for women. The handbook also provides brief overview of other human rights mechanisms the indigenous women can avail of.