The CEDAW Committee mandated the Working Group to elaborate options for this General Recommendation on Women in Conflict and Post-conflict Situations through a global consultation, and a series of regional consultations. The first regional consultation was rganized in the Asia Pacific region with the support of the United Nations Entity on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The planning and organization of this Consultation was facilitated by International Women‟s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW AP).
A two day consultation was organized with the participation of CEDAW Committee members Ms. Pramila Patten (Chair of the Working Group) and Ms. Zohra Rasekh. Ms Milena Pires, CEDAW Committee member from Timor Leste also attended. The consultation was attended by regional experts, government authorities, academics, activists and representatives of national women`s machineries and national human rights institutions, and UN agencies. Participants from the Asia-Pacific region included from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea/Bougainville. The report of the consultation can be accessed here.
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