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Female Genital Mutilation

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CEDAW Committee Reviews Kenya

03.29.11 - In January, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) issued strong recommendations on steps the Kenyan government needs to take to improve the reproductive rights of women and girls in Kenya.  The Committee’s statements echoed many of…

Center’s shadow letter to the CEDAW Committee on Kenya

03.29.11 - In December 2010, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) on the situation of reproductive rights of women and adolescents in Kenya. Kenya reported to the CEDAW Committee during its 48th session in January 2011…

Concluding Observations from the CEDAW Committee on Kenya

03.29.11 - In December, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) highlighting the situation of women and adolescents’ sexual and reproductive rights in Kenya.  The Committee issued concluding observations to Kenya that…

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