We are pleased to announce that Ana Peláez Narváez, our Vice President, was re-elected as a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
This Committee works on the protection of women’s rights worldwide. It evaluates how countries who are Parties of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) make it a reality.
In 2019, she became the first disability activist to serve on a United Nations human rights treaty body other than the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
During her last mandate, she:
- performed the role of rapporteur during the review of several countries’ reports;
- contributed to the drafting of the General Recommendation on trafficking in women and girls in the context of global migration;
- prepared the upcoming General Recommendation on the rights of indigenous women and girls.
The European Disability Forum would like to congratulate Ana Peláez and wishes her every success in this new stage.
About Ana Peláez
Ms Peláez has served as an expert on the CEDAW Committee since 2019 and was Vice-Chair of the Committee for 2021-2022. She is Vice-President of the European Disability Forum and chair of its Women’s Committee. In addition, she is an Executive Vice-President at CERMI Women’s Foundation, the umbrella organisation for women with disabilities in Spain. She also has roles at the ONCE (Spanish National Organisation of the Blind) as High Commissioner for Solidarity and International Co-operation.