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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A Primer on Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
2009
Six-page PDF prepared by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), ESCR-Net and IWRAW Asia Pacific, on international human rights standards under CEDAW and under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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Equity or Equality for Women? Understanding CEDAW’s Equality Principles
2009
IWRAW Asia Pacific Occasional Papers Series, No. 14. 48-page paper in PDF format, written by Alda Facio and Martha I. Morgan. First explaining the background of the controversy over the terms ‘equity’ and ‘equality’ in human rights law, the authors go on to outline CEDAW’s concept of equality, before presenting a human rights-based critique of […]
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Equal and Indivisible: Crafting Inclusive Shadow Reports for CEDAW
2009
A handbook from the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Coalition (IGLHRC) for writing shadow/alternative reports for CEDAW incorporating human rights issues related to sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. Preface by Sunila Abeysekera of IWRAW Asia Pacific.
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The OP-CEDAW as a Mechanism for Implementing Women’s Human Rights: An Analysis of Decisions Nos. 6-10 of the CEDAW Committee under the Communications Procedure of the OP-CEDAW
2009
IWRAW Asia Pacific Occasional Papers Series, No. 13. 52-page paper in PDF format, written by Geeta Ramaseshan, who discusses cases involving Austria, Spain and the UK.
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The OP-CEDAW as a Mechanism for Implementing Women’s Human Rights: An Analysis of the First Five Cases under the Communications Procedure of the OP-CEDAW
2008
IWRAW Asia Pacific Occasional Papers Series, No. 12. 56-page paper in PDF format, written by Alda Facio, who discusses cases involving Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands and Turkey.
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Our Rights Are Not Optional: A Resource Guide
2008
This 143-page PDF guides users on advocating for the implementation of CEDAW through its Optional Protocol. Second edition. Aussi disponible en français | También disponible en español
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