New York, June 7, 2024 – During the 23rd meeting of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), elections were held at the UN headquarters for members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) for the 2025-2028 term.
For the first time, a candidate from Kazakhstan, the renowned Kazakhstani diplomat Madina Jarbussynova, was elected to CEDAW. This is a significant historical event, as no Central Asian country has been represented in this key UN body before.
Among the Central Asian countries, Kazakhstan is a leader in progress towards gender equality. Kazakhstan has improved its position and moved up 18 places to 62nd in the 2023 Global Gender Gap Index, which was developed to assess gender equality among 146 countries.
Along with Kazakhstan, representatives from 20 states competed for 11 seats in CEDAW: Oman, Switzerland, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Guatemala, Andorra, Australia, Nepal, Georgia, Chile, Barbados, China, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Cameroon, Mozambique, North Macedonia, Uruguay, the United Kingdom, and Togo.
For the first time, a candidate from Kazakhstan, the renowned Kazakhstani diplomat Madina Jarbussynova, was elected to CEDAW. This is a significant historical event, as no Central Asian country has been represented in this key UN body before.
Among the Central Asian countries, Kazakhstan is a leader in progress towards gender equality. Kazakhstan has improved its position and moved up 18 places to 62nd in the 2023 Global Gender Gap Index, which was developed to assess gender equality among 146 countries.
Along with Kazakhstan, representatives from 20 states competed for 11 seats in CEDAW: Oman, Switzerland, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Guatemala, Andorra, Australia, Nepal, Georgia, Chile, Barbados, China, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Cameroon, Mozambique, North Macedonia, Uruguay, the United Kingdom, and Togo.