Conclusion
The CEDAW
Convention does not automatically confer rights on women. Its
promise can only be delivered if we learn to use it effectively
in practice to set goals, identify needs, frame laws, policies
and programmes and evaluate action.
The notion
of State obligation has to be fully exploited. By ratifying the
CEDAW Convention, States are saying that they:
-
Recognise
discrimination and inequality.
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Recognise
the need for State action
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Commit
themselves to do certain things and not do certain things.
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Are
willing to be held accountable at national and international
levels.
Together with
the State, we have to develop criteria for State action and responsibility.
We have to learn to use the CEDAW Convention as an advocacy tool
to interpret equality, call for action and use it to define rights,
interpret needs, identify obstacles and actions to be taken by
the State, establishing criteria for success and documenting impact
of state action.
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