Rangita de Silva de Alwis, a Penn Carey Law Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law and Global Leadership and a member of CERL’s Affiliated Faculty, has been reelected to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Since her first election to the body in 2023, Professor de Silva de Alwis has contributed significantly to CEDAW’s work on women’s rights in the context of emerging challenges, child marriage, and consent, and her reelection received the highest vote total from members of the UN General Assembly. Her new term will run from 2027-2030. Read her bio here.

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