The Status of CEDAW Implementation in ASEAN Countries and Selected Muslim Countries

The Status of CEDAW Implementation in ASEAN Countries and Selected Muslim Countries

2004

• Theme: CEDAW.
• Type: Occasional Papers Series.
• Region/Country: Cambodia, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Malaysia, Maldives, Middle East and North Africa, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Tunisia, Vietnam.
• Language: English.

IWRAW Asia Pacific Occasional Papers Series, No. 1. 36-page paper in PDF format, written by Shanthi Dairiam and based on research carried out by Rea Chiongson and Bandana Shrestha. Covering Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Maldives and Tunisia as well as ASEAN, the paper looks first at the reservations made by States parties upon CEDAW ratification or accession, then at specific initiatives undertaken which are in consonance with the demands of the treaty.