Meetings on CEDAW report continue in Bahrain

Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Women, Hala Al-Ansari, today said the national team in charge with discussing Bahrain's third report related to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW/ 3) continues meeting to be prepared to discuss the national report before the CEDAW Committee at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva during February 2014.Al-Ansari expressed thanks and appreciation to ministries, government institutions and civil society organizations for their efforts in facilitating the task of the team members in this national mission that represents Bahrain's implementation to its international obligations related to ensuring achieving non-discrimination against women.The national team consists of representatives of ministries, government institutions and civil society organizations.The Kingdom of Bahrain joined the CEDAW Convention on 18/6/2002 and entered into effect on 18/07/2002, and has committed to implement its obligations in terms of conducting awareness programs on the CEDAW Convention, preparing periodic official reports on following up the implementation of the Convention, in addition to following up the CEDAW's recommendations on elimination of discrimination against women according to the CEDAW Convention.