WUNRN
EXPERT
GROUP MEETING
GOOD
PRACTICES IN LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS
HARMFUL
PRACTICES AGAINST WOMEN
May
2009
The
United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women of the Department of Economic
and Social Affairs (UNDAW/DESA) and the United Nations Economic Commission for
Africa (UNECA) convened an expert group meeting on good practices in
legislation to address harmful practices, was held at the United Nations at
The
expert group meeting was a follow up to an expert group
meeting organized by UNDAW/DESA and the United Nations Office on
Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in
BACKGROUND PAPERS
EGM/GPLVAW/2009/BP
Background paper for the Expert Group Meeting on good practices
in legislation to address harmful practices against women
prepared by the Division for the Advancement of Women
EXPERT
PAPERS
EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.01
Legislation to address the issue of female genital mutilation
(FGM)
prepared by Berhane Ras-Work
EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.02
Tackling honour in the aftermath with a good practice
prepared by Leylâ Pervizat
EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.03
Honour killings and the quest for justice in black and minority
ethnic communities in the UK / Moving toward a “multiculturalism without
culture”: constructing a victim-friendly human rights approach to forced
marriage in the UK
prepared by Aisha Gill
EGM/GPLVAW/2009/EP.04
Legal analysis of the legislation regulating relations in
protection of women from violence in Kyrgyzstan
prepared by Ruslan Khakimov
EGM/GPLVAW/2009/EP.05
The CEDAW convention and harmful practices against women: The
work of the CEDAW Committee
prepared by Dorcas Coker-Appiah
EGM/GPLVAW/2009/EP.06
Harmful practices against women in India: An examination of
selected legislative responses
prepared by Asmita Basu
EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.07
Harmful traditional practices against women and legislation
prepared by Morissanda Kouyaté
EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.08
Forced and early marriage in Central and Eastern Europe and
former Soviet Union Countries
prepared by Cheryl Thomas
EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.09
Overview of legislation in the European Union to address female
genital mutilation, challenges and recommendations for the implementation of
laws
prepared by Els Leye and Alexia Sabbe
EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.10
Effectiveness of legislation enacted to address harmful
practices against women in Uganda, including maltreatment of widows and female
genital mutilation
prepared by Dora C. Kanabahita Byamukama
EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.11a
Considerations of domestic or family violence in selected Arab
Nations
prepared by Sherifa Zuhur
EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.11b
Considerations of honor crimes, FGM, kidnapping/rape, and early
marriage in selected Arab nations
prepared by Sherifa Zuhur
EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.12
Harmful traditional practices in Europe: Judicial interventions
prepared by Carole Ageng’o
EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.13
The efficiency of legislation enacted to face harmful acts
against women in Latin America and the Caribbean
prepared by Liliana Silva Miguez
EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.14
Good practices in legislation to address harmful practices
against women in Pakistan
prepared by Shahnaz Bokhari
EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.15
Harmful practices against women in Pacific Island Countries:
Customary and conventional laws
prepared by Imrana Jalal
EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.16
Legal approaches, reforms, different areas of laws, assessment
of the effectiveness of particular legal framework/provisions, lesson learned,
good practices & highlighted promising practices in Bangladesh
prepared by Salma Ali
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