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CEDAW concluding observations: what do they mean for women in Scotland?

On March 8th 2019 the UN CEDAW Committee released their concluding observations following the UK examination in Geneva.

We've gone through these concluding observations and highlighted things which specifically relate to Scotland, and things which appeared in our CEDAW reports. You can read this annotated report here.

Particular things we've highlighted are the committee's support for:

Incorporation of CEDAW into Scots Law
Reviewing and amending the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED)
Cumulative impact assessment of austerity
Ensure that women are not negatively impacted by Brexit
Access to justice for victim-survivors of rape and sexual assault and domestic abuse
Better intersectional gender-disaggregated data
Ratification of the Istanbul Convention
Decriminalize women in prostitution
Undertake temporary special measures (quotas) to improve women's representation
Improve sex and relationship education
Repeal the 2 child limit (family cap)