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| Month | Dates | Activities |
| Jan | 15-27 (10 Jan – 2 Feb) | From Global to Local (43rd Session), Geneva |
| Feb | 2 – 13 | UPR (4th Session) in Geneva |
| 14 | Social investigation visit to Bhutan | |
| 13 – 17 | Sisters in Islam Musawah Conference | |
| 18 – 19 | Regional Women’s Human Rights Consultation on ASEAN HR Body | |
| 20 – 22 | ASEAN Peoples’ Forum | |
| 23 – 25 | SAPA General Forum | |
| 26 – 27 | SAPA and Women’s Caucus Focal Points Meeting on ASEAN Human Rights Body TOR | |
| 26-28 | CEDAW Shadow Report training for Malaysian NGOs | |
| 27 | Meeting with High Level Panel on ASEAN Human Rights Body TOR | |
| 27 – March 10 | CSW, New York | |
| Mar | 5 – 6 | UNHCR Strategy meeting (Malaysia) |
| 13 | Meeting with SUHAKAM and Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development | |
| 18 – 19 | SAPA meeting on ASEAN HRB | |
| 20 | Meeting with ASEAN HLP | |
| 25-28 | Lawyers training in Lebanon organized by Kafa | |
| 25 – 26 | Timor Leste National Consultation to review Shadow Report | |
| 25 – 26 | Shadow Report Training for Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Ukraine in Warsaw, Poland | |
| 27 – 28 | Planning meeting with Karat Coalition for 2009 OP-CEDAW project, Warsaw | |
| 21 – 25 | Afghanistan Training | |
| 30 March – 4 April | Country visits to Laos (SEA Participatory Assessment) | |
| April | 6 – 10 |
Country visit to Vietnam (SEA Participatory Assessment) |
| 6 – 14 | Country visit to Indonesia (SEA Participatory Assessment) | |
| HLP Meeting on ASEAN HR Body: Cambodia | ||
| 15 – 16 | CEDAW training for Malaysian Parliamentarians | |
| 17 – 19 | DRC Civil Society Forum | |
| 20 – 24 | Durban Review Conference | |
| 25 – 26 | Mongolia meeting on VAW | |
| 25April – 2/3 May | Bangladesh country visit and meeting on women and armed conflict (Chittagong Hill Tracts) | |
| May | 4 – 5 | Consultation on regional HR mechanisms (ASEAN HRB) |
| 6 – 9 | Round table on women's human rights and migration/trafficking with GAATW and Caram Asia | |
| 11 – 15 | Country visit to Thailand (SEA Participatory Assessment), also meet with Burmese groups | |
| 14 – 15 | HLP meeting to finalise ASEAN HRB TOR, Vietnam | |
| Shadow Report Writing Workshop in Uzbekistan | ||
| 30 – 31 | Planning meeting for OP-CEDAW meeting with CEDAW Committee, Toronto | |
| June | 1 – 6 | Meeting with resource persons on methodology for OP-CEDAW manual |
| 1 – 6 | Human Rights Council (11th Session) – discussion on WHR and reports of SRs on VAW, health | |
| July | Regional meeting on Women’s Caucus | |
| 4 – 15 | Annual Ministerial Meeting (ASEAN) | |
| 12 – 28 | Global to Local (44th Session), New York | |
| 28 | Global to Local Advisory Group meeting | |
| Meeting with CEDAW Committee on OP-CEDAW, New York | ||
| August | 3 – 6 | Asia Pacific Forum of NHRIs, Jordan |
| 7 – 9 | WHR Defenders Coalition meeting | |
| 20 – 21 | Capacity Building Advisory Group meeting, Kuala Lumpur | |
| 22 | Meeting with CBAG on new sessions in the training manual | |
| 24 – 26 | Updating of Training Skills meeting | |
| September | 16 – 18 | Karat OP-CEDAW training for Central and Eastern Europe (possible test for new manual) |
| Meeting with Kyrgyzstan groups on potential OP-CEDAW cases | ||
| OP CEDAW and Removal of Reservations Training/Consulation for MENA, Egypt | ||
| Shadow Report training for Egyptian NGOs | ||
| 26 – 27 or 3 – 4 Oct | OP-CEDAW Advisory Group meeting, Egypt | |
| October | 14 – 16 | Follow up meeting to the EGM on Lawyers’ Training Package |
| ASEAN Summit | ||
| OXFAM NOVIB visit | ||
| 31 – 1 Nov | Advisory Committee meeting | |
| November | Between 7 – 21 | Strategic Planning meeting |
| Operational Planning Meeting | ||
| December | 1st week | MENA Consultation on Concluding Observations in Cyprus |