Bangladesh, Feb. 15 -- The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will review a report submitted on an exceptional basis by Myanmar on the situation of Rohingya women and girls in Northern Rakhine State on February 22.
The UN Committee is meeting in Geneva from February 18 to March 08 to review women's rights in a number of countries, including Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Botswana, Colombia, Ethiopia, Serbia and the United Kingdom.
All the countries under review are party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and so are reviewed regularly on how they are implementing it, according to a message received in Dhaka from Geneva on Thursday.
The Committee will also h...