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CEDAW Committee Members

The 23 expert members of the CEDAW Committee are elected on a four-year rotating basis by States parties, among nationals of that country, but serve in their individual capacity.

Membership of the Committee on
the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

[As of 1 January 2011 and
up to 31 December 2012]

Name	Nationality	Term expires
Ms. Ayse Feride Acar	(Turkey)	31.12.2014
Ms. Nicole Ameline	(France)	31.12.2012
Ms. Olinda Bareiro-Bobadilla	(Paraguay)	31.12.2014
Ms. Magalys Arocha Dominguez	(Cuba)	31.12.2012
Ms. Violet Tsisiga Awori	(Kenya)	31.12.2012
Ms. Barbara Evelyn Bailey	(Jamaica)	31.12.2012
Ms. Meriem Belmihoub-Zerdani	(Algeria)	31.12.2014
Mr. Niklas Bruun	(Finland)	31.12.2012
Ms. Naela Mohamed Gabr	(Egypt)	31.12.2014
Ms. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari	(Israel)	31.12.2014
Ms. Yoko Hayashi	(Japan)	31.12.2014
Ms. Ismat Jahan	(Bangladesh)	31.12.2014
Ms. Indira Jaising	(India)	31.12.2012
Ms. Soledad Murillo de la Vega	(Spain)	31.12.2012
Ms. Violeta Neubauer	(Slovenia)	31.12.2014
Ms. Pramila Patten	(Mauritius)	31.12.2014
Ms. Silvia Pimentel	(Brazil)	31.12.2012
Ms. Maria Helena Lopes de Jesus Pires	(Timor Leste)	31.12.2014
Ms. Victoria Popescu	(Romania)	31.12.2012
Ms. Zohra Rasekh	(Afghanistan)	31.12.2012
Ms. Patricia Schulz	(Switzerland)	31.12.2014
Ms. Dubravka Šimonović	(Croatia)	31.12.2014
Ms. Zou Xiaoqiao	(China)	31.12.2012