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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women makes recommendations on any issue affecting women to which it believes the States parties should devote more attention.
As of December 2021, the Committee has adopted 38 general recommendations. The full list of final general recommendations are available in the database, with supporting documents on the most recent general recommendations below.
Latest general recommendations
| Year | General recommendation | Topic |
| 2024 | General recommendation No. 40 (Advance unedited version) | Equal and inclusive representation of women in decision-making systems |
| 2022 | General recommendation No. 39 | Indigeneous women and girls |
| 2020 | General recommendation No. 38 | Trafficking in women and girls in the context of global migration |
| 2019/2014 | Joint general recommendation No. 31 (Revised in 2019) | The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and No. 18 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on harmful practices |
| 2018 | General recommendation No. 37 | Gender-related dimensions of disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change |
| 2017 | General recommendation No. 36 | The right of girls and women to education |
| 2017 | General recommendation No. 35 | Gender-based violence against women, updating general recommendation No. 19 |