EventsLaunch Ceremony - 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
Launch Ceremony - 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
December 10, 2008 - 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights!
CEDAW - Expert Group Meeting
Legislation on Cards to End Violence Against Women
EVAW Joint Event - Brief Report
Benazir a strong advocate of women's rights, says UN WOMEN
UN WOMEN CEDAW programme is designed to facilitate realization of women’s human rights in Pakistan through effective implementation of CEDAW Concluding Observations. The program adopts an integrated and multi-sectoral approach that involves national machineries for women’s development, other key line ministries and civil society to enhance CEDAW implementation. The objectives of the programme are to:
- improve awareness about women’s human rights under CEDAW
- strengthen the capacity of Ministry of Women Development and civil society to promote women’s human rights
- strengthen accountability and reporting mechanisms on implementation of CEDAW Concluding Observations
- Support government/NGO collaboration to implement CEDAW Concluding Observations
UN WOMEN in collaboration with Ministry of Women Development (MoWD), GTZ and UNDP/NICGAP has set up a CEDAW Working Group since September 2007 to support an inter-ministerial process for implementation and monitoring of CEDAW concluding observations, in collaboration with civil society representatives. Key activities include provision of technical support to Ministry of Women Development for developing next country report, which is due in April 2009; as well as to support civil society to prepare shadow report.
For details, please see:
Link to SARO CEDAW programme
Equality of rights for women is a basic principle of the United Nations. The Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations sets as one of the Organization's central goals the reaffirmation of "faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women". Article 1 proclaims that one of the purposes of the United Nations is to achieve international cooperation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to, inter alia, sex. By the terms of the Charter, the first international instrument to refer specifically to human rights and to the equal rights of men and women, all members of the United Nations are legally bound to strive towards the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms. The status of human rights, including the goal of equality between women and men, is thereby elevated: a matter of ethics becomes a contractual obligation of all Governments and of the UN.
