2006 Calendar of Activities

Date | Activity

January

• 16-3 Feb | “From Global to Local”. 34th CEDAW Session. New York, USA . More

February

• 5 | Consultation on the Asian preparation for the 62nd Session of the Commission on Human Rights/First meeting of the Human Rights Council. Organised by Forum Asia . Bangkok, Thailand. More
• 10-17 | Third Open-Ended Working Group on the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR (OP-ICESCR). Geneva, Switzerland. More
• 21-24 | IWRAW Asia Pacific Strategic Planning Meeting. Kota Kinabalu , Malaysia
• 27 | High-level roundtable “Incorporating Gender Perspectives into National Development Strategies” at the 50th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Organised by the Division for the Advancement of Women. New York , USA. More

March

• 18-20 | International Consultation on “Trends in Family Law Reform in Muslim Countries”. Organised by Sisters in Islam. Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia. More
• 28 | Commission on Human Rights 62nd Session. Geneva , Switzerland. More

May

• 5 | Briefing on Malaysia’s First NGO Shadow Report on the Initial and Second Periodic Report of the Government of Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Organised by Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) and National Council of Women’s Organisation (NCWO). More
• 9 | Discussion on CEDAW. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Organised by SUHAKAM. More
• 25-28 | Capacity Building on Writing a Shadow Report on CEDAW Implementation. Hanoi, Vietnam. Organised by Gender and Community Development Network (GENCOMNET) and IWRAW Asia Pacific. More
• 15-2 June | “From Global to Local”. 35th CEDAW Session. New York, USA. More

June

• 9-11 | MENA Regional Conference on the Ratification of the Optional Protocol to CEDAW and the removing of reservations. Rabat, Morocco. Organised by the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) and the Moroccan Women's Democratic Association (ADFM). More
• 19-30 | First session of the Human Rights Council. Geneva, Switzerland. More
• 19-23 | Annual Meeting of Chairpersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Inter-Committee Meeting. Geneva, Switzerland. More
• 28 | The application of international human rights law in the Lina Joy case. Malaysia. More
• 29-30 | Fifth Workshop on the ASEAN Regional Mechanism on Human Rights. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. More

July

• 14 | Discussion on CEDAW Concluding Comments. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Organised by SUHAKAM. More
• 17 | The application of CEDAW and the CRC in Shamala Sathiyaseelan case. Malaysia. More

August

• 7–25 | “From Global to Local”. 36th CEDAW Session. New York, USA. More
• 16 | Gender and Development Course. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia . More
• 17 | A series of meetings with UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing (Miloon Kothari). Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia. More
• 18–20 | Workshop on Using International and Constitutional Norms and Mechanism to Advance Women’s Reproductive Rights. Kathmandu, Nepal. More
• 28-30 | International Conference on Mechanisms and Legislation to Promote and Protect Gender Equality. Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia. More

September

• 17 | Discussion on “CEDAW and its applicability”. Organised by All Women’s Action Society (AWAM). Petaling Jaya, Malaysia . More
• 18 - 6 October | Second session of the Human Rights Council. Geneva , Switzerland . More
• 21 | “Towards Full Implementation of CEDAW”, seminar following up on Malaysia ’s participation in “From Global to Local” and 35 th CEDAW session. Organised by National Council of Women’s Organisations (NCWO) and Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO). Petaling Jaya, Malaysia . More
• 27 | National Workshop on International Human Rights Law & United Nations Systems. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. More

October

• 12 – 13 | Lisbon Civil Society Forum on an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Lisbon, Portugal. More

November

• 9-11 | Money and Movements. Organised by AWID and Semillas. Querétaro, Mexico. More
• 14-16 | South Asia Regional Consultation on OP-CEDAW. Organised by AALI. Maldives. More
• 20-22 | CEDAW Shadow Report Training. Organised by IWRAW Asia Pacific and the UNIFEM CEDAW South East Asia Programme. Jakarta, Indonesia. More

December

• 5-7 | Training and Consultation on CEDAW in the Context of Armed Conflict. Kalutara, Sri Lanka. More
• 10-16 | Regional Training of Trainers on CEDAW. Bangkok, Thailand. More

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