COUNTRY SCORECARD

177 countries have consented to promote and protect the equal rights of women by using the Treaty for the Rights of Women, as of May 2004:

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua & Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan

The Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus Republic
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi

Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d’Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic

Denmark
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic

East Timor (Timor-Leste)
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia

Fiji
Finland
France

Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana

Haiti
Honduras
Hungary

Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy

Jamaica
Japan
Jordan

Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan

Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg

Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Maritius
Mauritania
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar

Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway

Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal

Republic of Korea
Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda

Saint Kitts & Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
Samoa
Sao Tome Principe
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic

Tajikistan
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad & Tobago
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Turkey
Tuvalu

Uganda
Ukranian Republic
United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
United Republic of Tanzania
Uruguay
Uzbekistan

Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam

Yemen
Yugoslavia

Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Countries That Have Not Yet Ratified the Treaty:

Seventeen countries or nation states have not yet ratified the Treaty for the Rights of Women, as of October 2003.

Europe & North America:
Monaco
United States of America (S)

West Asia (Middle East):
Iran
Oman
Qatar
United Arab Emirates

Asia Pacific/Central Asia:
Brunei Darussalam
Cook Islands *
Marshall Islands
Micronesia (Federated States of)*
Nauru*
Palau
Tonga*

Africa:
Somalia
Sudan

Latin America/Caribbean:
All ratified

*Non-member state of the United Nations
(S) Signed, not ratified or acceded