CEDAW experts have examined reports submitted by eights member countries -- Croatia, Algeria, Gabon, Italy, Laos, Paraguay, Samoa and Turkey.
CEDAW chairwoman Rosario Manolo told a news conference ahead of the closing of the CEDAW 32nd session in New York that the CEDAW could not say for any of the eight countries that it de iure achieved women's equality, the UN public relations office reported.
She said that discriminatory laws and lack of legislation which would protect women from the violation of their human rights existed everywhere.
The CEDAW gave detailed recommendations to the eights countries on how to fix certain laws, increase the number of women in public services and ensure scholarships for the education of women.