Women's rights book launched

The Women's Resource Outreach Centre (WROC) launched a booklet "CEDAW for Jamaicans" on the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) last Wednesday.

WROC, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, launched the booklet in collaboration with the Commonwealth Foundation and UNICEF at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.

"CEDAW for Jamaicans" simplifies the CEDAW convention adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly. The booklet is very user friendly with clear illustrations to educate leaders of the state, government and citizens of the commitments that the country has made to promote gender equality.

This is an excerpt from an article published in the Jamaica Gleaner on Monday, March 17, 2008. You can read the entire article at the Jamaica Gleaner website.