What does CEDAW mean for child care in Canada?

Description: This document written by the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada was prepared with the dual aims of: -demystifying the UN Convention to Eliminate all forms of Discrimination against Women or CEDAW and -describing the CEDAW Committee’s recommendations to Canada, which oblige governments to take steps to provide sufficient, affordable child care as a women’s human rights issue. After a short description of CEDAW and Canada, the brief then draws on specific sections of CEDAW’s November 8, 2008 document ‘Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Canada’, highlighting in particular those sections with direct or indirect relevance for child care.