Fourth report on HKSAR's implementation of United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women available for public inspection
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     The fourth report on the progress of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in implementing the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women is now available for public inspection.

     "The HKSAR report forms part of the ninth report submitted by the People's Republic of China to the UN under the Convention," a government spokesman said today (April 30).

     "The report sets out the progress in the implementation of the Convention in the HKSAR since the submission of the previous report in 2012. It also responds to the concluding comments of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women after its hearing on the previous report in 2014.

     "The report has taken account of the comments and views received from Legislative Council Members and members of the community during the public consultation on the proposed outline of the report from March to May 2018," he said.

     In line with the established practice, the report will be examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in a future hearing, the date of which is to be fixed.

     The full text of the report, in Chinese and English, is available on the Labour and Welfare Bureau's dedicated website on the Convention (www.lwb.gov.hk/CEDAW).

Ends/Friday, April 30, 2021
Issued at HKT 16:30

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