Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 2
April 2014
Four-page PDF with articles on the 58th meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women, the 2014 ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People’s Forum, Young Women Making Change, and more.
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Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 1
January 2014
Four-page PDF giving updates on IWRAW’s work and highlights of 2013.
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Realizing Indigenous Women’s Rights: A Handbook on the CEDAW
2013
In its 238 pages, this handbook by Eleanor Dictaan-Bang-oa and Helen Tugendhat outlines the situation of indigenous women in Asia, explains basic human rights principles and how to use CEDAW, and compiles General Recommendations and Concluding Observations relevant to the rights of indigenous women. Published by Asian Indigenous Women’s Network, Forest Peoples Programme and Tebtebba.
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Claiming Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
April 2013
A Resource Guide to Advancing Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Using the Optional Protocol and Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Optional Protocol and International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights. 178-page PDF, produced by ESCR-Net and IWRAW Asia Pacific. Also available in Arabic | French […]
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Reclaiming & Redefining Rights: Analysing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights under CEDAW
2012
Written by Amy Lynne Locklear and Sunila Abeysekera, this guide was published by the Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW) with input from IWRAW Asia Pacific.
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Recommended Guidelines for Writing CEDAW Shadow Reports with a Focus on the Rights of Women with Disabilities
2011
Shadow report guidelines by Rangita de Silva de Alwis. Questions relating to the rights of women with disabilities are compiled under the relevant articles of CEDAW. Cover image from Disabled and Here. Click here for a version in Microsoft Word format, or click the button below for a version in PDF:
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Toolkit for Reporting to CEDAW on Trafficking in Women and Exploitation of Migrant Women Workers
2011
This toolkit, from the Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women (GAATW), provides guidance to NGOs engaging in the CEDAW review process. It hopes to enable NGO reporting to provide more thorough information on the situation of trafficking in women and the exploitation of women migrant workers and to link these areas of concern with migration, […]
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Participation in ICESCR and CEDAW Reporting Processes: Guidelines for Writing on Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Shadow/Alternative Reports
2010
88-page PDF intended to provide assistance for individuals and organisations working within the shadow reporting processes of CEDAW and ICESCR to incorporate information on women’s rights related to dimensions of economic, social and cultural rights.
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Participation in the CEDAW Reporting Process: NGO Interventions During and After the CEDAW Session
2010
Eleven-page PDF explaining NGO interventions at the CEDAW session and the role that they can play afterwards.
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Participation in the CEDAW Reporting Process: Process and Guidelines for Writing a Shadow/Alternative Report
2010
Sixteen-page PDF detailing the steps to be taken by NGOs in preparing shadow/alternative reports to the CEDAW Committee, and guidelines to assist in writing them. عربى | español | français
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