WUNRN
CEDAW Convention: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CEDAW.aspx
CEDAW Committee: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CEDAW/Pages/CEDAWIndex.aspx
IWRAW Asia Pacific
http://www.iwraw-ap.org/cedaw/using-cedaw/for-ngos/
USING CEDAW - For NGO’s
The CEDAW Convention
provides a positive legal framework for women's rights but it will not
automatically confer rights on women. What it does is that it legitimizes
women's claims for rights and women can be transformed from being passive
beneficiaries to active claimants. It creates the space for women's agency.
The CEDAW Convention
is largely dependent on the political will of governments. This political will
can be created through a strong and highly conscious constituency, not only
among women and women's groups but within government bureaucracy as well. The
urgent need is to raise awareness and develop skills at various levels in
relation to the CEDAW Convention among women, government functionaries, lawyers
and members of the judicial system. At the ground level, advocacy for the
application of the norms of the CEDAW Convention has to be linked to the
international mandate of equality and non-discrimination.
CLICK FIRST ON
WEBSITE LINK: http://www.iwraw-ap.org/cedaw/using-cedaw/for-ngos/ - AND
THE CLICK ON ITEMS BELOW OF CHOICE.
By
Working with Governments on the Implementation of CEDAW
By
Writing a Shadow or Alternative Report
By
Being Involved in the Formulation of General Recommendations