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MENA (Middle East-North Africa) Training of Trainers

on the Optional Protocol to CEDAW

and Removal of Reservations to CEDAW

 

Concept Note & Application in English is Attached.

For Arabic Version, Contact IWRAW AP.

Greetings from International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW Asia Pacific)!

 

We’re happy to announce that IWRAW Asia Pacific in collaboration with the New Women’s Foundation and the Equality Without Reservation Coalition will conduct a Training of Trainers on the Optional Protocol to CEDAW and Removal of Reservations to CEDAW for women’s human rights leaders and activists from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The training will be held from 28 September 2009 – 1 October 2009 in Cairo, Egypt.

 

The training is aimed at building the capacity of women’s groups in the MENA region to lobby their governments to ratify the OP CEDAW and remove reservations to CEDAW to further the implementation of the CEDAW convention. For more information on the training, please see the attached Concept Paper.

 

We are writing to ask your help in identifying potential participants who will be strong trainers and advocates for women’s rights using the OP CEDAW. Although not all of you are in the MENA region, you can pass it on to your colleagues and friends who have MENA base.

 

Participants will be selected based on the strength of their applications and the following criteria:

·         Women’s human rights activist or lawyers from the Middle East or North Africa preferably working with an NGO;

·         Demonstrated understanding of CEDAW and its potential as a tool to advance women’s human rights;

·         Commitment to working on CEDAW and the OP CEDAW and using the learnings of this training to advance women’s human rights concerns;

·         Geographical representation including women’s groups from different countries, regions and networks.

 

Full funding is available on a limited basis. Due to the limited number of spaces, not all applicants will be selected to participate in the training.

 

To apply for the training, please complete the attached application form and email to iwraw-ap@iwraw-ap.org and hadylamya@yahoo.com or fax it to +603 2283 2552 by Sunday, 9 August 2009.

 

If you have any questions or need additional information, do not hesitate to contact Wathshlah Naidu or Sahar Sadany, IWRAW Asia Pacific Programme Officers. 

 

 

IWRAW Asia Pacific team


International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific
80-B, Jalan Bangsar
59200 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Telephone: (603) 2282 2255
Fax: (603) 2283 2552
Email: iwraw-ap@iwraw-ap.org, iwraw_ap@yahoo.com
Website: www.iwraw-ap.org

 

 





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