This document lists the dates that various countries ratified or acceded to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). It includes dates ranging from July 17, 1980 to October 6, 2009 for over 180 countries that have ratified or acceded to CEDAW. The United States is notably not included as having ratified CEDAW. The dates show when countries agreed to be legally bound by the standards set in CEDAW to end discrimination against women.

1. CEDAW RATIFICATION SCORECARD
Afghanistan - March 5, 2003
Albania - May 11, 1994
Algeria - May 22, 1996
Andorra - January 15, 1997
Angola - September 17, 1986
Antigua and Barbuda - August 1, 1989
Argentina - July 15, 1985
Armenia - September 13, 1993
Australia - July 28, 1983
Austria - March 31, 1982
Azerbaijan - July 10, 1995
Bahamas - October 6, 1993
Bahrain - June 18, 2002
Bangladesh - November 6, 1984
Barbados - October 16, 1980
Belarus - February 4, 1981
Belgium - July 10, 1985
Belize - May 16, 1990
Benin - March 12, 1992
Bhutan - August 31, 1981
Bolivia - June 8, 1990
Bosnia and Herzegovina - September 1, 1993
Botswana - August 13, 1996
Brazil - February 1, 1984

2. Brunei Darussalam - May 24, 2006
Bulgaria - February 8, 1982
Burkina Faso - October 14, 1987
Burundi - January 8, 1992
Cambodia - October 15, 1992
Cameroon - August 23, 1994
Canada - December 10, 1981
Cape Verde - December 5, 1980
Central African Republic - June 21, 1991
Chad - June 9, 1995
Chile - December 7, 1989
China - November 4, 1980
Colombia - January 19, 1982
Comoros - October 31, 1994
Congo - July 26, 1982
Cook Islands - August 11, 2006
Costa Rica - April 4, 1986
Cote d'Ivoire - December 18, 1995
Croatia - September 9, 1992
Cuba - July 17, 1980
Cyprus - July 23, 1985
Czech Republic - February 22, 1993
Democratic People's Republic of Korea - February 27, 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo - October 17, 1986
Denmark - April 21, 1983
Djibouti - December 2, 1998

3. Dominica - September 15, 1980
Dominican Republic - September 2, 1982
Ecuador - November 9, 1981
Egypt - September 18, 1981
El Salvador - August 19, 1981
Equatorial Guinea - October 23, 1984
Eritrea - September 5, 1995
Estonia - October 21, 1991
Ethiopia - September 10, 1981
Fiji - August 28, 1995
Finland - September 4, 1986
France - December 14, 1983
Gabon - January 21, 1983
Gambia - April 16, 1993
Georgia - October 26, 1994
Germany - July 10, 1985
Ghana - January 2, 1986
Greece - June 7, 1983
Grenada - August 30, 1990
Guatemala - August 12, 1982
Guinea - August 9, 1982
Guinea-Bissau - August 23, 1985
Guyana - July 17, 1980
Haiti - July 20, 1981
Honduras - March 3, 1983
Hungary - December 22, 1980
Iceland - June 18, 1985

4. India - July 9, 1993
Indonesia - September 13, 1984
Iraq - August 13, 1986
Ireland - December 23, 1985
Israel - October 3, 1991
Italy - June 10, 1985
Jamaica - October 19, 1984
Japan - June 25, 1985
Jordan - July 1, 1992
Kazakhstan - August 26, 1998
Kenya - March 9, 1984
Kiribati - March 17, 2004
Kuwait - September 2, 1994
Kyrgyzstan - February 10, 1997
Lao People''s Democratic Republic - August 14, 1981
Latvia - April 14, 1992
Lebanon - April 16, 1997
Lesotho - August 22, 1995
Liberia - July 17, 1984
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - May 16, 1989
Liechtenstein - December 22, 1995
Lithuania - January 18, 1994
Luxembourg - February 2, 1989
Madagascar - March 17, 1989
Malawi - March 12, 1987
Malaysia - July 5, 1995
Maldives - July 1, 1993

5. Mali - September 10, 1985
Malta - March 8, 1991
Marshall Islands - March 2, 2006
Mauritania - May 10, 2001
Mauritius - July 9, 1984
Mexico - March 23, 1981
Micronesia - September 1, 2004
Monaco - March 18, 2005
Mongolia - July 20, 1981
Montenegro - October 23, 2006
Morocco - June 21, 1993
Mozambique - April 21, 1997
Myanmar - July 22, 1997
Namibia - November 23, 1992
Nepal - April 22, 1991
Netherlands - July 23, 1991
New Zealand - January 10, 1985
Nicaragua - October 27, 1981
Niger - October 8, 1999
Nigeria - June 13, 1985
Norway - May 21, 1981
Oman - February 7, 2006
Pakistan - March 12, 1996
Panama - October 29, 1981
Papua New Guinea - January 12, 1995

6. Paraguay - April 6, 1987
Peru - September 13, 1982
Philippines - August 5, 1981
Poland - July 30, 1980
Portugal - July 30, 1980
Qatar - April 29, 2009
Republic of Korea - December 27, 1984
Republic of Moldova - July 1, 1994
Romania - January 7, 1982
Russian Federation - January 23, 1981
Rwanda - March 2, 1981
Samoa - September 25, 1992
San Marino - December 10, 2003
Sao Tome and Principe - June 3, 2003
Saudi Arabia - September 7, 2000
Senegal - February 5, 1985
Serbia - March 12, 2001
Seychelles - May 5, 1992
Sierra Leone - November 11, 1988
Singapore - October 5, 1995
Slovakia - May 28, 1993
Slovenia - July 6, 1992
Solomon Islands - May 6, 2002
South Africa - December 15, 1995
Spain - January 5, 1984
Sri Lanka - October 5, 1981

7. St. Kitts and Nevis - April 25, 1985
St. Lucia - October 8, 1982
St. Vincent and the Grenadines - August 4, 1981
Suriname - March 1, 1993
Swaziland - March 26, 2004
Sweden - July 2, 1980
Switzerland - March 27, 1997
Syrian Arab Republic - March 28, 2003
Tajikistan - October 26, 1993
Thailand - August 9, 1985
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - January 18, 1994
Timor-Leste - April 16, 2003
Togo - September 26, 1983
Trinidad and Tobago - January 12, 1990
Tunisia - September 20, 1985
Turkey - December 20, 1985
Turkmenistan - May 1, 1997
Tuvalu - October 6, 1999
Uganda - July 22, 1985
Ukraine - March 12, 1981
United Arab Emirates - October 6, 2004
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - April 7, 1986
United Republic of Tanzania - August 20, 1985
United States of America - Not ratified
Uruguay - October 9, 1981
Uzbekistan - July 19, 1995

8. Vanuatu - September 8, 1995
Venezuela - May 2, 1983
Viet Nam - February 17, 1982
Yemen - May 30, 1984
Zambia - June 21, 1985
Zimbabwe - May 13, 1991