(VOVworld) - Vietnam has participated in a dialogue held at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland on the elimination of discrimination against women and the promotion of gender equality. The Committee for the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women and the delegation of the Government of Vietnam jointly evaluated the implementation of the CEDAW in Vietnam. Head of the Vietnamese delegation said Vietnam had made significant achievements in this field, especially in gender equality and non discrimination against women. The CEDAW Committee approved Vietnam’s combined 7th and 8th periodic report on the national implementation of the convention.
CEDAW is one of the major human rights conventions under the United Nations, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 1979. Vietnam signed CEDAW in 1980 and ratified it one year later.