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Nepal - Women for Human Rights,
Single Women Group (WHR)
"No DIscrimination on the Basis
of Marital Status"
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2012 WHR Widows Conference
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International Conference
on
Enriching the Journey towards Empowerment of Widows
4-6 February, 2013
The three day International Conference on ‘ Enriching the Journey towards Empowerment of Widows’ will be held in Nepal on February 4-6, 2013. The conference will be organized by Women for Human Rights, Single Women Group (WHR) with financial and technical assistance from UNDEF and strategic partner organizations.
Purpose of the Conference:
Immediate action is required. WHR calls for the international community to join hands in the quest for justice and human rights for widows around the world.
We aim to disseminate the outcome of the conference at the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 57) under the theme of Violence against Women. We intend to take the opportunity to express our continuing support for the full and effective implementation of the Beijing Declaration and the Platform of Action (BPfA) and UNSCR 1325 and 1820.
The conference will provide a forum for these women to express their concerns. The international agencies, UN and donor community needs to respond on the journey of widows towards empowerment.
WHR decided to organize an international conference under the theme of ‘Enriching the Journey towards Empowerment of Widows so that widows around the world will have the opportunity to assert their rights. This forum will generate solidarity among the organization working for the rights of widows and pave ways for a movement that will ensure them that their voices would be heard.
Objectives:
1. To bring the concerns of UN and other international bodies on the need of Separate UN Resolution on Widowhood .
2. To recognize that widows are the key resources of the community and to Strengthen an effective Network of Widows’ organization in the different regions of the world.
3. To consider widows’ empowerment an important indicator of overall national development and to ensure funding for widows’ empowerment.
4. To form a Global Working Group to ensure the rights of widows as stipulated in Convention on Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW),Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA), and Security Council Resolutions 1325and 1820.
5. To develop a General Recommendation as a base for the shadow report on CEDAW on widowhood collectively under international law to ensure the enactment of resolutions that protects the legal and customary rights of the widows.
Who can participate?
Organization working for widow’s empowerment, individual researchers, professionals, journalists, activists, youths, SANWED, member organizations and students
Venue and Date:
Conference will be organized in Kathmandu from 4th to 6th February 2013
Registration:
Registration must be done till 10th January 2013 by E mail. International Participants except SANWED member organizations, will have to pay $100 for registration. Organizer will bear the cost of lodging during the event. Participants will have to manage the travel expenses by themselves.
Agenda of the program will be provided after the registration.