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UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 18 -- The United Nations Economic and Social Council's Economic Commission for Africa issued the following news release:
Participants of the Eighth African Regional Conference on Women celebrated in words and songs the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). They also urged full adoption of the Convention.
Ms. Micheline Ravololonarisa, UNIFEM Chief for Africa noted that CEDAW had gone from being a bold commitment on paper to being a powerful force for actual change.
"As we celebrate the birth of this instrument, the changes that we seek today are the result of women's mobilization over many years," she said. "Today women's equal rights and gender equality are part of the political debate,"
Speaking on behalf of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ms Thokozile Ruzvidzo,...