Message on CEDAW's twenty-fifth anniversary / Kofi A. Annan
In celebration / Rachel N. Mayanja
The nature and scope of the convention / Hanna Beate Schöpp-Schilling
Interpreting the convention / Silvia Rose Cartwright
Relationships with UN conferences, specialized agencies, programs, and funds / Ivanka Corti
Universalizing women's human rights through CEDAW / Savitri Goonesekere
Culture, religion, and CEDAW's Article 5(A) / Frances Raday
In the Muslim world / Emna Aouij
From the Arab region / Naela Gabr
Education and legal literacy / Silvia Pimentel
Persistent discrimination / Christine Kapalata
Private global enterprises, international trade, and finance / Elizabeth Evatt
Poverty, prostitution, and trafficking / Elvira Novikova
Rethinking prostitution and trafficking / Krisztina Morvai
Unfinished battles : political and public life / Françoise Gaspard
Impediments to progress : the formal labor market / Hanna Beate Schöpp-Schilling
Opportunities and traps : the informal labor market / Pramila Patten
The female face of migration / Rosario G. Manalo
Women's health : accommodating difference / Carmel Shalev
Rights of rural women : examples from Latin America / Aída González Martínez
CEDAW and violence against women : providing the "missing link" / Heisoo Shin
Women in war and its aftermath : Liberia / Charlotte Abaka
The nature and mandate of the committee / Hanna Beate Schöpp-Schilling
Support by the UN Division for the Advancement of Women / Ingeborg Creydt
The early years / Luvsandanzangyn Ider
Challenging governments / Marie Caron
The first twelve years / Désirée Patricia Bernard
The middle years / Salma Khan
Outreach and impact / Norma Monica Forde
Dual perspectives / Mervat Tallawy
Working for equality / Meriem Belmihoub-Zerdani
Achievements and obstacles / Victoria Popescu
Challenges and impacts / Kongit Sinegiorgis
Progress and obstacles / Philomena Kintu
On twenty years of involvement / Jane Connors
Strengthening women's human rights through individual complaints / Cees Flinterman
The Juárez murders and the inquiry procedure / Maria Regina Tavares da Silva, Yolanda Ferrer Gómez
The circle of empowerment / Aurora Javate de Dios
From global to local : the involvement of NGOs / Shanthi Dairiam
Achieving fruitful results / Feng Cui
A lawyer's perspective / Miriam Estrada-Castillo
The Finnish Act on Equality / Pirkko Mäkinen
A source of inspiration / Sjamsiah Achmad
An important part of history / Ryoko Akamatsu
Spreading the convention's norms through education / Hadja Assa Diallo Soumaré
Thoughts on the Committee's past, hopes for its future / Feride Acar
Important changes and further reforms needed / Göran Melander
Reflections on the future / Dubravka Šimonović.
