Hmong Women and Girls: UNPO and CWHP submission to the Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
The report, submitted in preparation for Lao PDR's Pre-Sessional Working Group meeting scheduled for October 30th to November 3rd, 2023, sheds light on persistent and egregious violations of the rights of Hmong women and girls. Despite the Lao government's legal obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) since 1981, the Laotian government...