CEDAW Committee Review – Resources – NGO Gender Advocacy
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: January 12, 2009
WUNRN
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
ALTERNATIVE/SHADOW REPORTS, including presence at CEDAW COMMITTEE SESSION REVIEWING
UN COUNTRY REPORTS – CAN BE VERY SIGNIFICANT IN IDENTIFYING ISSUES OF WOMEN AND
GIRLS, CREATING UN AND GOVERNMENT ATTENTION, RESPONSE. Such NGO Reports and
also presence at CEDAW Sessions, must follow specific procedures, but can be
important leverage for advocacy.
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UN Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination against Women
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is
the body of independent experts that monitors
implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women.
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IWRAW AP – NGO SHADOW REPORTS
http://www.iwraw-ap.org/using_cedaw/writing_shadow.htm
Governments
of countries that have ratified the CEDAW Convention are obliged to submit
periodic progress reports to the CEDAW Committee. NGOs can also submit their own
reports to the committee to enable its preparations and strengthen its capacity
to draw accountability from governments.
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Committee on Elimination of Discrimination 19
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Bacre Ndaiye, Director of the Human Rights Council and Having adopted the agenda and methods of work, the The Committee then heard the report of the Chairperson, During the session, the Committee is scheduled to consider The Committee held an informal meeting with On Armenia, speakers said there were critical obstacles On Dominica, speakers said the Constitution of Dominica The next open meeting of the Committee will be at 10 a.m. Opening Statements BACRE NDAIYE, Director of the Human Rights Council and The General Assembly, at its sixty-third session, had In December 2008, the Women’s Rights and Gender Unit had During the current session, the Committee would examine In response to a question from a Committee member, Mr. Responding to a further question, Mr. Ndiaye said that the DUBRAVKA SIMONOVIC, Chairperson of the Committee, In December, Ms. Simonovic said she had attended the first This was her last statement as Chairperson, Ms. Simonovic Dialogue with Non-Governmental Organizations Armenia ANAHIT AVANESYAN, of All Armenian Women Union, said VIKTORIA AVAKOVA, of “Democracy Today” NGO, JEMMA HASRATYAN, of Armenian Association of Women with Dominica JOSEPHINE DUBLIN-PRINCE, of Dominica National Coalition ELIZA LOLLEL WILLIAMS, of Dominica National Coalition IRMA JOSEPH, of Dominica Association of Disabled People, Questions by Committee Experts On Armenia, Committee Experts then asked a range of On Dominica, Committee Experts asked, among other things, Responses by NGOs Responding, NGO speakers from Armenia said that the With regards to Dominica, NGO speakers said with regards |
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