States Parties to CEDAW

As of 5 May 2009, 186 countries are States parties to the CEDAW Convention, meaning that they agree to be bound by its terms.

State | Date of becoming a State Party to CEDAW

• Afghanistan | 5 March 2003
• Albania | 11 May 1994
• Algeria | 22 May 1996
• Andorra | 15 January 1997
• Angola | 17 September 1986
• Antigua and Barbuda | 1 August 1989
• Argentina | 15 July 1985
• Armenia | 13 September 1993
• Australia | 28 July 1983
• Austria | 31 March 1982
• Azerbaijan| 10 July 1995
• Bahamas | 6 October 1993
• Bahrain | 18 June 2002
• Bangladesh | 6 November 1984
• Barbados | 16 October 1980
• Belarus | 4 February 1981
• Belgium | 10 July 1985
• Belize | 16 May 1990
• Benin | 12 March 1992
• Bhutan | 31 August 1981
• Bolivia | 8 June 1990
• Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1 September 1993
• Botswana | 13 August 1996
• Brazil | 1 February 1984
• Brunei Darussalam | 24 May 2006
• Bulgaria | 8 February 1982
• Burkina Faso | 14 October 1987
• Burundi | 8 January 1992
• Cambodia | 15 October 1992
• Cameroon | 23 August 1994
• Canada | 10 December 1981
• Cape Verde | 5 December 1980
• Central African Republic | 21 June 1991
• Chad | 9 June 1995
• Chile | 7 December 1989
• China | 4 November 1980
• Colombia | 19 January 1982
• Comoros | 31 October 1994
• Congo | 26 July 1982
• Cook Islands | 11 August 2006
• Costa Rica | 4 April 1986
• Cote d'Ivoire | 18 December 1995
• Croatia | 9 September 1992
• Cuba | 17 July 1980
• Cyprus | 23 July 1985
• Czech Republic | 22 February 1993
• Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 27 February 2001
• Democratic Republic of the Congo | 16 November 1986
• Denmark | 21 April 1983
• Djibouti | 2 December 1998
• Dominica | 15 September 1980
• Dominican Republic | 2 September 1982
• Ecuador | 9 November 1981
• Egypt | 18 September 1981
• El Salvador | 19 August 1981
• Equatorial Guinea | 23 October 1984
• Eritrea | 5 September 1995
• Estonia | 21 October 1991
• Ethiopia | 10 December 1981
• Fiji | 28 August 1995
• Finland | 4 September 1986
• France | 14 December 1983
• Gabon | 21 January 1983
• Gambia | 16 April 1993
• Georgia | 26 October 1994
• Germany | 10 July 1985
• Ghana | 2 January 1986
• Greece | 7 June 1983
• Grenada | 30 August 1990
• Guatemala | 12 August 1982
• Guinea | 9 August 1982
• Guinea-Bissau | 23 August 1985
• Guyana | 17 July 1980
• Haiti | 20 July 1981
• Honduras | 3 March 1983
• Hungary | 22 December 1980
• Iceland | 18 June 1985
• India | 9 July 1993
• Indonesia | 13 September 1984
• Iraq | 13 August 1986
• Ireland | 23 December 1985
• Israel | 3 October 1991
• Italy | 10 June 1985
• Jamaica | 19 October 1984
• Japan | 25 June 1985
• Jordan | 1 July 1992
• Kazakhstan | 26 August 1998
• Kenya | 9 March 1984
• Kiribati | 17 March 2004
• Kuwait | 2 September 1994
• Kyrgyzstan | 10 February 1997
• Lao Peoples Democratic Republic | 14 August 1981
• Latvia | 14 April 1992
• Lebanon | 21 April 1997
• Lesotho | 22 August 1995
• Liberia | 17 July 1984
• Libyan A. Jamahiriya | 16 May 1989
• Liechtenstein | 22 December 1995
• Lithuania | 18 January 1994
• Luxembourg | 2 February 1989
• Madagascar | 17 March 1989
• Malawi | 12 March 1987
• Malaysia | 5 July 1995
• Maldives | 1 July 1993
• Mali | 10 September 1985
• Malta | 8 March 1991
• Mauritius | 9 July 1984
• Marshall Islands | 2 March 2006
• Mexico | 23 March 1981
• Micronesia | 1 September 2004
• Monaco | 18 March 2005
• Mongolia | 20 July 1981
• Montenegro | 23 October 2006
• Morocco | 21 June 1993
• Mozambique | 16 April 1997
• Myanmar | 22 July 1997
• Namibia | 23 November 1992
• Nepal | 22 April 1991
• Netherlands | 23 July 1991
• New Zealand | 10 January 1985
• Nicaragua | 27 October 1981
• Niger | 8 October 1999
• Nigeria | 13 June 1985
• Norway | 21 May 1981
• Oman | 7 February 2006
• Pakistan | 12 March 1996
• Panama | 29 October 1981
• Papua New Guinea | 12 January 1995
• Paraguay | 6 April 1987
• Peru | 13 September 1982
• Philippines | 5 August 1981
• Poland | 30 July 1980
• Portugal | 30 July 1980
• Qatar | 29 Apr 2009
• Republic of Moldova | 1 July 1994
• Romania | 7 January 1982
• Russian Federation | 23 January 1981
• Rwanda | 2 March 1981
• Saint Kitts and Nevis | 25 April 1985
• Saint Lucia | 8 October 1982
• St. Vincent & the Grenadines | 4 August 1981
• Samoa | 25 September 1992
• San Marino | 10 December 2003
• Sao Tome and Principe | 3 June 2003
• Senegal | 5 February 1985
• Serbia | 12 March 2001
• Seychelles | 5 May 1992
• Sierra Leone | 11 November 1988
• Singapore | 5 October 1995
• Slovakia | 28 May 1993
• Slovenia | 6 July 1992
• Solomon Islands | 6 May 2002
• South Africa | 15 December 1995
• Spain | 5 January 1984
• Sri Lanka | 5 October 1981
• Suriname | 1 March 1993
• Swaziland | 26 March 2004
• Sweden | 2 July 1980
• Switzerland | 27 March 1997
• Syrian Arab Republic | 23 March 2003
• Tajikistan | 26 October 1993
• Thailand | 9 August 1985
• The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 18 January 1994
• Timor-Leste | 16 April 2003
• Togo | 26 September 1983
• Trinidad and Tobago | 12 January 1990
• Tunisia | 20 September 1985
• Turkey | 20 December 1985
• Turkmenistan | 1 May 1997
• Tuvalu | 6 October 1999
• Uganda | 22 July 1985
• Ukraine | 12 March 1981
• UK & Northern Ireland | 7 April 1986
• United Arab Emirates | 6 October 2004
• United Republic of Tanzania | 20 August 1985
• Uruguay | 9 October 1981
• Uzbekistan | 19 July 1995
• Vanuatu | 8 September 1995
• Venezuela | 2 May 1983
• Viet Nam | 17 February 1982
• Yemen | 30 May 1984
• Zambia| 21 June 1985
• Zimbabwe | 13 May 1991

Most recent States parties:

• Qatar | 29 Apr 2009
• Montenegro | 23 October 2006
• Cook Islands | 11 August 2006
• Brunei Darussalam | 24 May 2006
• Marshall Islands | 2 March 2006
• Oman | 7 February 2006
• Monaco | 18 March 2005
• United Arab Emirates | 6 October 2004
• Micronesia | 1 September 2004
• Swaziland | 26 March 2004
• Kiribati | 17 March 2004

For a more detailed list, with dates of ratifications, accessions and successions, please click here.