The state must, in addition, be prepared to ensure that all types of discriminations against women be eliminated, whether they are committed by institutions, or by individuals, or by any organizations, or by any enterprises.
The CEDAW provides the basic foundation on which the issue of realizing the equality between men and women can be accomplished, and this is done by creating and ensuring that women have an equal access to political and also to public life, and that women are afforded equal opportunities as men in the fields of economics and politicos, so that women would also be able to vote for their leader, or to stand for an election themselves. Women would also be able to take part in major decision-making processes like in the fields of healthy, welfare, education, employment, and so on and so forth. The states are expected to take all the necessary and appropriate measures that would be needed to ensure that women might enjoy their rights and freedoms as they deserve to, and the states are expected to pass the necessary legislation and all other appropriate specialized measures to ensure that this freedom is kept up fully. (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women)
In addition, the CEDAW is the only Human Rights treaty that guarantees and assures the various reproductive rights of women in such a way that both culture and tradition are molded together as the most influential factors that are responsible for shaping family life and the gender roles that are traditionally played out by both men and women. The CEDAW would also affirm a woman's...
All the several different countries that have accepted and acceded to the CEDAW are expected to follow all the rules and regulations specified by the United Nations, and are legally bound to put all the provisions specified within, into practice.
They must also be prepared to submit national reports, once every four years, at the very least, on all the different measures that they have taken by themselves, in order to comply with the CEDAW and its policies. Some of the countries that have acceded to the CEDAW are the following: Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Bhutan, Chad, China, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, Gambia, Germany, Greece, France, India, Iceland, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lithuania, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Rwanda, San Marino, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Tobago, Uruguay, Yemen, Zambia, United Arab Emirates in the year 2004, and the latest, Monaco in the year 2005. (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women)
In the Annual Report submitted by the Government of Bangladesh regarding the state joining CEDAW and the impact that this had had on the country, the CEDAW mentions that it was indeed impressed with the way in which Bangladesh had adopted the rules stated within the CEDAW
