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SUMMARY:From commitment to action: CEDAW General Recommendation 30 addend
 um and the future of women\, peace and security
DESCRIPTION:In February 2026\, the Committee on the Elimination of Discri
 mination against Women adopted the addendum to CEDAW General Recommendat
 ion No. 30 on women in conflict prevention\, conflict and post-conflict 
 situations. Marking the 25th anniversary of the Women\, Peace and Securi
 ty (WPS) agenda\, the addendum calls for a recommitment to the WPS agend
 a and a renewed dedication to multilateralism.\n\nThis addendum is consi
 dered a landmark development and addresses the changing face of conflict
  in light of the weaponisation of AI\, climate emergencies\, educational
  violence\, food insecurity\, renewed negotiations on nuclear non-prolif
 eration\, and the rise of cyberspace and outer space as new battleground
 s. The addendum addresses the critical role of women in conflict prevent
 ion\, peace negotiations and post-conflict transitional justice\, partic
 ularly in relation to the WPS agenda\, and strengthens the call for surv
 ivor-centred access to justice and an end to the continuing cycle of imp
 unity for gender-based violence in conflict. The addendum emphasises the
  full and equal participation of women in international law\, internatio
 nal human rights law\, international humanitarian law and international 
 criminal law. It also addresses the nexus between conflict minerals and 
 sexual violence\, enforced disappearances and forced marriage\, and the 
 continuum linking climate change\, the feminisation of poverty\, displac
 ement and conflict\, and structural forms of discrimination.\n\nThe sess
 ion will focus on how the addendum could help to address some of the ong
 oing challenges faced by women globally.\n
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