Your interpretation misrepresents the UN framework.
Ms. Alsalem’s statements reflect her personal mandate as Special Rapporteur, not the official position of the CEDAW Committee, which is the treaty body with authority to interpret the Convention.
The CEDAW Committee made clear in its General Recommendation No. 28 (2010) that the term “sex” in the Convention includes socially constructed gender roles and identities.
Therefore, trans women are covered under CEDAW’s protection against discrimination.
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Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls
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Replying to @hatakeno_tomato
As i said in my June 2025 report, para 6. “it can be concluded that the understanding and practice of States that are parties to international treaties is that the term “woman” in international law refers to a person of the female sex.” Sex being biological sex. Therefore CEDAW
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