Other
initiatives on the OP-CEDAW
Some examples
of efforts by NGOs and institutions from around the globe on the
OP-CEDAW are:
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An
African NGO called Rainbow, has prepared a brochure on CEDAW
and HIV/AIDS and included recommendations on the potential uses
of the OP-CEDAW in advocacy;
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In Australia, South Africa and other countries, local women’s
groups have engaged in postcard campaigns on the ratification
of the OP-CEDAW;
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In Eastern Europe, women’s groups have successfully lobbied
for the ratification of the OP-CEDAW and now are exploring strategies
for the effective use of the OP-CEDAW procedures;
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The Inter-American Institute on Human Rights has developed resources
on the OP-CEDAW and recently coordinated an e-mail exchange
with NGOs from Latin America and the Caribbean on lessons learnt
from the OP-CEDAW ratification process;
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The Inter-Parliamentary Union and the UN Division for the Advancement
of Women worked jointly to prepare Confronting Discrimination:
A Handbook for Parliamentarians on the CEDAW Convention and
its Optional Protocol (2003);
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Equality Now! organised a consultation on potential communications
and inquiries under the OP-CEDAW and has continued to carry
out efforts in this regard;
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WEDO in collaboration with the NYU International Human Rights
Clinic carried out some research in ways to use the communications
procedure to promote quotas for women in decision making;
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In
addition, Minority Rights Group, INTERIGHTS and the Centre of
Reproductive Rights are encouraging their partners to use the
OP-CEDAW.
For online
resources related to the OP-CEDAW, click here.
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