Minister for Women celebrates extension of UN Women's Rights Convention to Jersey
Baroness Berridge welcomes the extension of the UN Women's Convention to Jersey
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28 May 2021
Minister for Women attends virtual celebratory event as UK extends UN Women’s Convention membership to Jersey.
All 50,000 women in the dependency now promised human rights equal to men.
Baroness Berridge to speak at event, congratulating Jersey on this commitment.
Today (28 May) the Minister for Women, Baroness Berridge, will attend an event hosted by the Government of Jersey to celebrate the 50,000 women in Jersey getting extended human rights protections.
The event will commemorate the UK’s extension of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) to the Bailiwick of Jersey.