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CEDAW Committee Elections 2010 - Call to Take Action Now! |
The CEDAW Convention is the only UN
human rights treaty that focuses specifically on gender issues. In this regard,
it is important that the all twenty-three experts of the CEDAW Committee have
an understanding of the realities of women's lives.
We urge you to get involved in
the election process in order to ensure that candidates with feminist
principles, a strong grounding in the issues and contexts related to women's
lives, who will work towards the greater accountability of state parties
to women's human rights and who recognise the role for civil society
in the implementation of CEDAW are represented on the
Committee.
2010 ELECTIONS:
As of March 9th the nomination list
has closed. 24 States have nominated men and women to fill 11 vacancies in the
Committee. Of the 11 members of the Committee whose terms are expiring in 2010,
three are from Asia-Pacific, two are from Western Europe, two from Eastern
Europe and four are from Africa. This will give you a rough idea as to the
distribution of vacancies, and how, in this regard, more advocacy will be
required in some regions.
On June 28, 2010 , official
representatives of all the States parties to CEDAW will be electing 11 members
of the Committee that will serve from January 2011 to December 2014.
The 24 nominees are: Ms. Ayse Feride ACAR (Turkey), Ms. Fadheela AL-MAHROOS
(Bahrain), Mr. Ahmed AL MUKHAINI (Oman), Ms. Olinda BAREIRO-BOBADILLA
(Paraguay), Ms. Joyce BAYANDE MBONGO ENDELEY (Cameroon), Ms. Meriem
BELMIHOUB-ZERDANI (Algeria) Ms. Valentina BODRUG-LUNGU (Moldova), Ms. Dorcas
COKER-APPIAH (Ghana) Ms. Mary Shanthi DAIRIAM, (Malaysia), Ms. Julia Lorena
FRIES MONLEÓN (Chile), Ms. Naela Mohamed GABR (Egypt) ; Ms. Ruth
HALPERIN-KADDARI (Israel) ,Ms. Yoko HAYASHI (Japan), Ms. Samith HOU
(Cambodia) Ms. Rassolguessida Clémence ILBOUDO SAWADOGO (Burkina Faso), Ms.
Grace KYOMUHENDO-BANTEBYA (Uganda), Ms. Violeta NEUBAUER (Slovenia) Ms. Pramila
PATTEN (Mauritius) Ms. Maria Helena Lopes de Jesus PIRES (Timor-Leste) , Ms.
Sapana PRADHAN-MALLA (Nepal) , Ms. Patricia SCHULZ (Switzerland), Ms. Dubravka
ŠIMONOVIC (Croatia) , Ms. Amaryllis TORRES (Philippines) and Ms. Judit WIRTH
(Hungary).
Further information on all candidates to be considered this year (CVs) can be
found at:
For
further information about the election process, go to:
http://www.iwraw-ap.org/committee/election.htm
For general information on the CEDAW
Committee go to:
http://www.iwraw-ap.org/committee.htm
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Now that the nomination list has
closed, the next stage is to ensure that candidates that fulfill the criteria
will be elected by the States parties. You can help with this by contacting
progressive representatives of your government in your home country or in New
York (UN Mission representative/Ministry of Foreign Affairs), and let them know
that women's groups and women's rights advocates globally want independent
experts from all over the world to be elected to the Committee. Please let them
know that they are responsible for ensuring that the CEDAW Committee process
continues to strengthen national efforts towards the realisation of women's
rights. In some cases, it would be useful to send a letter stating what you
know of the existing nominees and give reasons as to why you are recommending
specific names to be considered (both in your region and in others).
IWRAW Asia Pacific
E-mail: iwraw-ap@iwraw-ap.org
Website: http://www.iwraw-ap.org/
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