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    Website: Stories of CEDAW

    Pathways of Women's Empowerment RPC, 2009
    What has the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) done for women's rights? And how can CEDAW be used to achieve greater justice for women? This website gathers and shares stories, testimonies and reflections about CEDAW which show how the Convention has been used to address injustice and to open up pathways to women's empowerment.
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    Website: CEDAW in Action in SouthEast Asia

    United Nations Development Programme, 2009
    The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is often referred to as the 'women's bill of rights'. The emphasis on CEDAW as a defining framework for realizing women's human rights is both an important and timely strategy for women in the Southeast Asian region.
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    Africa Regional NGO Shadow Report for the Beijing +15 Review. A Regional Analysis on the Status of Women 15 Years after the Adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action

    African Women's Development & Communication Network, 2009
    During the 53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2009 an African Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) Task Force on Beijing +15 was set up. The aim was to spearhead the process of mobilizing women in Africa to organize and prepare for the participation of African women in the regional processes leading up to the 2010 Beijing +15 Review and the 2010 Global NGO Forum.
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    Website: Archive for Gender Matters – CSW54

    Society for International Development, 2010
    This website archive from the Society for International Development Forum (SID) is an on-going blog reflecting on the hot debates around women's rights, gender equality, empowerment and other issues. It reflects on why gender is crucial to equitable development, identifying the main debates and those involved in them.
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    From Beijing to Brussels: an Unfinished Journey (in English and French)

    European Women’s Lobby, 2010
    The global movement for women's rights in 2010 marks 15 years of activism on the basis of the shared framework and vision enshrined in the groundbreaking Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA).
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    Beijing and Beyond: Putting Gender Economics at the Forefront. Fifteeen Years after the IV World Conference on Women (in English and Spanish)

    Social Watch, 2010
    A number of civil society organisations have submitted Shadow Reports to the NGO Forum of the 54th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, which is focusing on the Fifteen-year Review of the Beijing Platform for Action.
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    In Depth Report - Beijing +15 - Fifteen-year Review of the Beijing Platform for Action

    Choike, 2010
    What is the response of civil society to the fifteen-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action? Choike, a portal dedicated to improving the visibility of the work done by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and social movements from the Global South, has dedicated one of their in-depth reports to the Fifteen-year Review of the Beijing Platform for Action.
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    Website: Beijing +15 Platform for Africa (in English and French)

    UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2009
    2010 marks the 15th anniversary of the Beijing World Conference on Women.This is a critical time for stocktaking and determining the miles still to be covered towards achieving gender equality and women's empowerment.
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    How to Use CEDAW as an Advocacy Tool (in English and Spanish) - ILC Infonote. Nota Informativa

    International Land Coalition, 2010
    The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is the only internationally binding treaty on preventing discrimination against women. This infonote by the Land Coalition (LC) on CEDAW aims to inform NGOs about their options if they want to engage with the CEDAW process.
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    Spotlight on Beijing +15

    Pambazuka, 2009
    Addressing gender inequality remains central to the drive to improve livelihoods and engender development for all. This article in Pambazuka argues that while progress has been made, the key challenge remains to revitalize the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) and ensure genuine momentum is sustained around achieving gender equality in all areas of life.

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