Congratulations to the newly elected members of the CEDAW Committee!
At the 24th meeting of states parties held on 26 June 2026 at the United Nations headquarters in New York, state parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) cast their vote to elect 12 members of the CEDAW Committee.
The elected members are as follows:*
- Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Sri Lanka**
- Nada Moustafa Fathi Draz, Egypt**
- Brenda Akia, Uganda**
- Amarsanaa Darisuren, Mongolia
- Amanda Dale, Canada
- Marianne Mikko, Estonia**
- Elgun Safarov, Azerbaijan**
- Yamila González Ferrer, Cuba**
- Ana Peláez Narváez, Spain**
- Esther Eghobamien-Mshelia, Nigeria**
- Marta Clara Ferreyra Beltrán, Mexico
- Sheila Roseau, Antigua and Barbuda
IWRAW Asia Pacific congratulates the re-elected and newly elected Committee members, and we look forward to continuing our longstanding work and partnership with the CEDAW Committee.
*Elected members are listed in descending order according to the number of votes received
**Sitting candidates who were successfully re-elected to the Committee