Congratulations to the newly elected members of the CEDAW Committee!
At the 23rd meeting of states parties held on 7 June 2024 at the United Nations headquarters in New York, 188 state parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) cast their vote for 11 new and re-elected members of the CEDAW Committee.
The elected members are as follows:*
- Ms Bandana Rana (Nepal)**
- Ms Jelena Pia-Comella (Andorra)
- Ms Corinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen (the Netherlands)**
- Ms Violet Eudine Barriteau (Barbados)
- Ms Erika Schläppi (Switzerland)
- Ms Nahla Haidar El Addal (Lebanon)**
- Ms Hamida Sloum Al-Shukairi (Oman)
- Ms Patsilí Toledo Vásquez (Chile)
- Ms Madina Jarbussynova (Kazakhstan)
- Ms Mu Hong (China)
- Ms Natasha Stott Despoja (Australia)**
*Elected members are listed in descending order according to the number of votes received
**Sitting candidates who were successfully re-elected to the Committee
Learn more about the new and returning CEDAW Committee members on our Meet the Candidates page.
IWRAW Asia Pacific congratulates the newly elected Committee members and looks forward to continuing our work with the CEDAW Committee.