How
to get involved in the Campaign: Ways in which you can participate
As an individual,
you can get involved in the Campaign in the following ways:
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By
initiating or contributing to local and national level initiatives
on CEDAW and its Optional Protocol;
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By using the resources and information available on our website
and integrating it into your work;
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By translating our materials into local languages and disseminating
them widely;
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By advocating for the objectives of the Campaign by writing
articles, developing mass information strategies and featuring
the OP-CEDAW in the media; and/or
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By supporting postcard and other calls for action that get posted
on our website.
If your organisation
is interested in leading a national Campaign on the OP-CEDAW,
you can explore the following:
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Build
a national constituency to support the ratification and use
of the OP-CEDAW;
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Develop the capacity of key stakeholders to lobby governments
for ratification of the OP-CEDAW. For instance:
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Conducting
research on the domestic treaty ratification process and
identifying changes to the constitution, national and State
legislation and policy that will be needed to ensure the
ratification of the OP-CEDAW;
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Organising consultations and workshops with key stakeholders
in government as well as civil society representatives;
and
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Developing a cohesive national lobbying strategy to promote
greater awareness on the CEDAW Convention and the OP-CEDAW;
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Promote
the effective use of the OP-CEDAW by:
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Documenting,
collecting and sharing information on the domestic implementation
of the CEDAW Convention and domestic remedies relating to
discrimination against women;
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Developing a mechanism to identify potential cases and undertake
sustained legal initiatives aimed at using the normative
standards of the CEDAW Convention in domestic litigation;
and
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Developing a network of individual women and men, and women’s,
human rights and other organisations with the skills and
expertise to support litigation on women’s human rights
issues at the national and international levels.
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Secure
financial support for activities by the national campaign.
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