| ANNOUNCEMENT
International
Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific
(IWRAW Asia Pacific) invites you to participate in
THE GLOBAL CONSULTATION ON
THE RATIFICATION AND
USE OF THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO CEDAW
27-30 August 2005
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The
Consultation
The Optional
Protocol to CEDAW (OP-CEDAW) is a separate treaty supplemental
to the CEDAW Convention. It creates access to justice for women
at the international level by establishing two additional procedures
which can address violations of women’s rights, and providing
a mechanism through which the rights contained in the CEDAW Convention
can be interpreted and applied.
As the OP-CEDAW
reaches its fifth year of being in force, it is a crucial time
to increase awareness and skills so that the OP-CEDAW may reach
its full potential. It is also time to assess and consolidate
the various initiatives and strategies employed with regards to
ratification and use of the OP-CEDAW.
In this regard,
the Consultation aims to:
- Provide
information/knowledge on CEDAW and the OP-CEDAW and their uses
- Identify
strategies for ratification
- Identify
strategies for access to justice
- Create
opportunities for regional processes in relation to ratification
and use of the OP-CEDAW
- Launch
the OP-CEDAW toolkit
Who
should attend?
Persons pursuing
or interested in pursuing national, regional and international
work on the OP-CEDAW.
The Consultation is a part of the IWRAW Asia Pacific’s
Global Campaign on the Optional Protocol to CEDAW. This
Campaign is an international initiative seeking to enhance the
domestic implementation of standards contained in the CEDAW Convention
through advocacy around ratification and use of an Optional Protocol.
IWRAW Asia Pacific works with an international advisory group
comprising of experts from various regions who are instrumental
in relation to the direction and implementation of the Campaign.
How to apply?
We have limited spaces for about 80-100 participants from 5 regions:
Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, the Americas and Europe. Participants
will be selected according to geographical distribution and the
following criteria:
- Relevant
CEDAW work or women’s rights work;
- Whether
the applicant has pursued or is willing to pursue OP-CEDAW work
at the national, regional and international level;
- Whether
the applicant is able and willing to do follow-up work based
on recommendations and action plans resulting from the Global
Consultation.
Please note
that funding is limited. Thus, we strongly encourage
you to seek funds on your own. IWRAW Asia Pacific can assist by
identifying potential donors whom you can approach.
To apply,
send us a brief write-up about your work along the lines of the
criteria above. All applications must reach us by 15 May
2005. We will inform you of our final selection by the
end of May 2005.
For
details, contact:
IWRAW Asia
Pacific (Janine Moussa or Lee Wei San)
T :(603) 2691 3292 F: (603) 2698 4203
E: <op-cedaw@iwraw-ap.org>
URL: <www.iwraw-ap.org>
2nd Floor, Block F, Anjung Felda, Jalan Maktab 54000 Kuala Lumpur,
MALAYSIA
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