CEDAW GR 30: on Women in Conflict Prevention, Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations
2016
A short video which elaborates upon the obligation of states to protect women’s rights guaranteed by CEDAW in scenarios including conflict prevention, as well as conflict and post-conflict situations. Duration: 3:34 Subtitles: English
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IWRAW Asia Pacific Partner Feedback to the Update on General Recommendation No. 19 on Violence Against Women by CEDAW
July 2016
In July 2016, the CEDAW Committee sought inputs from experts and civil society organisations (CSOs) for a draft General Recommendation 19 (GR 19) expanding upon the 1992 GR. To support this work by the Committee, prior to the draft being publicly shared, IWRAW Asia Pacific led an initiative to gather feedback from both CSOs and […]
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The CEDAW Compliance Framework: IWRAW Asia Pacific’s Experience in Six Countries
2016
63-page PDF toolkit outlining the CEDAW Compliance Framework (CCF) Project and experience gained through the project in six countries.
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CEDAW General Recommendation 30 on Women in Conflict Prevention, Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations: Shadow Report Guideline
2016
A 28-page, user-friendly PDF guide to preparing a shadow report to the CEDAW Committee concerning state implementation of the Security Council agenda on women, peace and security. Aussi disponible en français.
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Unzipping CEDAW: A Guide to the Rights of Key Affected Women and Girls
2016
Unzip the Lips’ 12-page guide in PDF format outlines why and how to engage with CEDAW to further the sexual and reproductive health and rights of key affected women and girls, including use of CEDAW to advance the rights of trans people, sex workers, and other marginalised groups.
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CEDAW – Women’s Human Rights Explained
2016
Short video by the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission, in which experts explain why CEDAW is relevant to women and girls across the country. Duration: 2:11 Subtitles: English
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Young Women Making Change
2015
Young women from Laos, Malaysia, Timor Leste and Vietnam participated in a three-year project with IWRAW Asia Pacific, funded by UN Women Fund for Gender Equality (FGE), on becoming CEDAW advocates for women’s human rights. Duration: 10:54 Subtitles: English
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Handbook on Women, Development and Access to Justice
2015
78-page PDF resource which explores the use of CEDAW and ICESCR, as well as other policy instruments such as the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which can be used to strengthen the accountability of states and responsibility of non-state actors on women’s human rights. The handbook documents and collates several tools […]
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Women’s Economic Rights: Training Materials
2015
63-page PDF of training materials which have been put together with the objective of building capacity to analyse women’s economic rights applying a CEDAW lens. The materials attempt to link the relevant international and regional standards, norms, obligations and guidelines that demand a State’s accountability for the enjoyment and exercise of women’s economic rights, taking […]
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Framework for Women’s Economic Rights in ASEAN
2015
48-page PDF covering women’s economic rights, ASEAN economic integration, and neoliberalism and human rights in ASEAN. Also available in Vietnamese.
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