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From IWRAW AP
Reply Contact: whrd@apwld.org
CALL TO NOMINATE CHARLOTTE BUNCH FOR
UN
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Yakin Erturk from Turkey who has held the position of
Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women comes to the end of her term in
June 2009.
As a part of the women's rights movement, we have
always regarded this mandate as being our own, since many of us were so deeply
involved in the lobbying at the World Conference on Human Rights in
1993 that led to the creation of this mandate. Radhika Coomaraswamy, the
first holder of the mandate, was a member of APWLD from its early days and
maintained a very close link with the women's movement throughout the 9 years
during which she held this position. She also initiated the practice of having
regular consultations with women's groups in all regions of the world prior to
the submission of her report to the UN. Yakin in her turn has continued with
this practice.
As members of women's rights movements, we have each time
tried to make sure that we send in our nominations to the pool from which the
person to hold this position next will be chosen. This time
around, we have been very slow to respond.
By April 8
we need to send in our nominations. We can nominate more than one
person, since our concern is to make sure that several women from the
women's rights movement are on the list when it goes up for consideration by
the governments who will amke the final decision.
I am sending out this appeal to ask
all of you to send in a nomination for Charlotte Bunch.
So far her appeal for support is the only one we have received. Women's groups
in other regions have endorsed her nomination and sent in letters of the type I
am attaching to this mail to whrd@apwld.org
where Jane Real is collating the endorsements.
In solidarity,
Sunila
IWRAW Asia Pacific
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Please send your nomination and support letters directly
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