CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

In an era where policies are written in conference rooms far removed from the crises they claim to solve, where the most vulnerable women are spoken for but rarely heard, one force stands between institutional neglect and real protection: lived experience. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) brings together the international community to challenge a system in which laws are too often shaped by those untouched by their consequences.

In topic 1, delegates will discuss migration and trafficking, they’ll confront how disconnected policymaking continues to leave women migrants and survivors of trafficking unprotected. The committee will assess how to build legal systems that reflect real risks and lived harms, ensuring refugee protections, cross-border cooperation, and survivor-centered justice. In topic 2, delegates will examine how legal and social barriers continue to undermine the rights of women from marginalized communities, often by excluding them from the processes that shape their lives. This topic addresses how political exclusion, healthcare inequity, financial marginalization, and intersectional discrimination persist when decisions are made without those directly impacted. At the heart of this committee lies a crucial truth. No policy can be just if it is built without those it is meant to serve.