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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Timor-Leste is included in this study of
implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of
Discrimination Against Women from UNIFEM.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Helen</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=elizabeth.cox@unifem.org href="mailto:elizabeth.cox@unifem.org">Elizabeth
Cox</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pacwin@lyris.spc.int
href="mailto:pacwin@lyris.spc.int">Pacific Women's Information Network</A>
</DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 01, 2009 4:07 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [pacwin] FW: New ESEARO publication - Time for Action:
CEDAW Implementation in Southeast Asia</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Dear colleagues,<BR> <BR>We are
pleased to share with you the new publication <B><I>“Time for Action: CEDAW
Implementation in Southeast Asia”</I></B> that has just been published by the
UNIFEM East and Southeast Asia Regional Office. <BR><BR>The
publications can be downloaded from <A
href="http://cedaw-seasia.org/resource_documents.html#time4action">http://cedaw-seasia.org/resource_documents.html#time4action</A>
<BR> <BR>If you are interested in receiving the hard copies, please contact
<A
href="pannin.laptaweesath@unifem.org">pannin.laptaweesath@unifem.org</A><BR> <BR><FONT
color=#202020><B>Time for Action: CEDAW Implementation in Southeast
Asia<BR></B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#202020><FONT size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN
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face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <BR></FONT></SPAN><FONT
color=#202020><FONT size=1><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">This
publication presents the various ways in which both governments and civil
society actors have used the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) to make the promise of non-discrimination
and equality one step closer to reality for women. The book is born out of
UNIFEM’s concentrated efforts in raising awareness about the Convention and
women’s right among both duty bearers and rights holders in seven countries in
Southeast Asia – Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, the Philippines, Thailand,
Timor-Leste, Vietnam. It shows how CEDAW has been used in advocacy for stronger
legal frameworks that prohibit discrimination against women and advance women’s
human rights, in sensitizing the justice system to protect the rights of women,
in guiding local development and budget allocation processes. It demonstrates
the innovative ways in which civil society organizations are popularizing CEDAW,
reaching out to excluded groups of women, and using it as a means to hold their
government accountable.<BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR> <BR> <BR> <BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Pannin Laptaweesath (Ms.) <BR>Programme
Assistant <BR>CEDAW Southeast Asia Programme<BR>UNIFEM East and Southeast Asia
Regional Office<BR>UN Building 5th Floor, Rajdamnern Nok Avenue<BR>Bangkok 10200
, Thailand <BR>Tel: +66-2-288-1684 Fax: +66-2-288-6030<BR><A
href="pannin.laptaweesath@unifem.org">pannin.laptaweesath@unifem.org</A><BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
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