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Greetings
from IWRAW Asia Pacific!
We
are once again seeking suitable NGOs to participate in our “From Global to Local” programme, which aims
to help women’s groups participate in the CEDAW reporting process. We are
writing to ask your help in identifying NGOs from countries reporting at
the 57th CEDAW Session which
has been tentatively scheduled for February 2014 in
Geneva (* 10 February - 28 February 2014)
We
would like to especially get in touch with NGOs who have prepared or are in the
process of preparing a shadow report to CEDAW Committee.
LIST OF
COUNTRIES SCHEDULED TO REPORT AT THE 57th CEDAW SESSION
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/TreatyBodyExternal/SessionsList.aspx?Treaty=CEDAW
Bahrain, Cameroon, Finland, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Sierra Leone & *Senegal (possibly considered in the absence of a State Report)
We would very much
appreciate your suggestions of any women’s NGOs from these countries that you
feel should be part of the programme and the CEDAW reporting process.
We will contact the
recommended NGOs to determine whether they are interested in participating in
our “From Global to Local”
programme and the CEDAW reporting process.
The programme:
(1) Helps women’s
organisations understand the CEDAW reporting process so they can prepare a
shadow / alternative report that touches on all of the articles of the CEDAW
Convention and use the reporting process to frame their advocacy efforts;
(2) Facilitates the presence of NGO
representatives from reporting countries at the CEDAW
Sessions to monitor the review of their State parties and to interact with the
CEDAW Committee members in order to raise pertinent issues concerning women in
their country.
Please note that
ONLY NGOs are eligible to participate in “From Global to Local”. IWRAW Asia Pacific has
taken the position that persons that will be on the government delegation to
the CEDAW session, or have helped write the government report to the CEDAW
Committee should NOT be involved in writing the shadow/alternative report, and
are NOT eligible to attend the “From Global to
Local” training at the CEDAW Session.
We hope that you could help us with this request.
Thank you in advance for your time and assistance.
Dorathy Benjamin - Programme Officer
International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: (603) 2282 2255
Fax: (603) 2283 2552
Email: iwraw-ap@iwraw-ap.org
/ iwraw_ap@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.iwraw-ap.org