The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is an international convention adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly. Described as an international bill of rights for women, it came into force on 3 September 1981. Over fifty countries that have ratified the Convention have done so subject to certain declarations, reservations, and objections, including 38 countries who rejected the enforcement article (29). Australia's declaration noted the limitations on government power imposed by its Federal Constitutional System, though the United States is the only developed nation that has not ratified the CEDAW at all.
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