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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, New York, 18 December 1979

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The UN’s Convention on eliminating discrimination against women, which became an international treaty in 1981 after being ratified by 20 countries.

Keywords: access, advocacy, agency, carers, cultural determinants of health, culturally and linguistically diverse, funding, gender, gender equality, gender equity, government and policy, health equity, health rights, health services, health systems, human rights, international, law, legal rights, LGBTIQ+, migrant and refugee women, national, older women, policy, population health, prevention, social determinants of health, women in prison, women with disabilities, women's rights
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  • Author(s): United Nations General Assembly
  • Organisation: United Nations Officer of the High Commissioner
  • Year Published: 1979
  • Language: English
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