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Shadow
Report Guidelines
When you have
access to your government/States party report to the CEDAW Committee,
you can present a critique of this in the form of a Shadow Report.
Below are areas or questions to consider when you write this Shadow
Report.
1. What is the
context with respect to human rights and democracy in your country?
2. Identify
critical issues/problems for women in your country.
3. Which article(s)
in the CEDAW Convention can be used to address these issues?
4. Has the government
acknowledged these issues problems in their report to the CEDAW
Committee? If so, how has it presented these issues/problems and
are you in agreement in relation to?
- Prevalence
and magnitude of the problem
- Contributing
factors - immediate, historical, systemic, etc.
- Effects on
women
5. What does
the government say should be done to address the problems and what
does it say it is already doing? What is your analysis of this with
regard to:
- Appropriateness
of what the government says should be done
- Effectiveness
of what the government is doing. Are there statistics or evidence
of the scale or the effectiveness of government action? Does the
government monitor its own actions?
- If in your
opinion the government's actions are not effective, what are the
contributory factors?
6. Is there
evidence in the report that the government is taking steps to implement
what it says should be done?
- Have the
relevant actors been identified?
- Is there
an allocation of adequate resources?
- Are there
laws or policies to mandate the action?
- Are there
institutional arrangements to facilitate the action?
- Are relevant
personnel being trained?
- Is there
a public awareness programme?
- Is there
a plan for support services if needed?
7. For countries
presenting periodic reports, what action has the government taken
to follow-up on the Concluding Comments made by the CEDAW Committee
at the previous review?
8. Has the government
involved NGOs in planning any of the above? Does the government/States
party report mention specific commitments and institutional arrangements
for implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action that includes
accountability to NGOs?
9. What is your
analysis of the efficiency or effectiveness of State machinery meant
to promote human rights in general and women's rights in particular?
10. What are
your recommendations for government action under each of the issues
or problems you have identified?
11. When formatting
the Shadow Report, please list all your findings and recommendations
under the relevant articles of the CEDAW Convention as far as possible.
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