South Asia Training of Trainers on CEDAW

South Asia Training of Trainers on CEDAW

25^th to 29^th September 2006, New Delhi

Organised by

PLD and UNIFEM

OBJECTIVE
Immediate: ·1 To enable trainers to assist governments/civil society bodies to provide training for the facilitation of strategies, methodologies, data requirements and experiences in implementing the Convention ·2 Raise awareness about the significance of the treaty regime in general and the Convention in particular as effective instruments to plan development and access rights for women through law and policy reform ·3 Create clarity on key concepts and principles pertaining to women’s rights advocated by the Convention: equality, non-discrimination and State obligation. ·4 Provide knowledge and exchange information / experiences on: a) The purpose of reporting and key elements of a CEDAW report b) The Optional Protocol to the Convention c) The role of NGOs in promoting the use of the Convention	Long term: To expand the pool of trainers that Governments and other civil society groups can call upon to take forward CEDAW implementation nationally in the SA region
Resource Team: Madhu Mehra, Sapana Pradhan Malla, Deepika Udagama Coordinator SK Priya Please read: Reading Materials Provided Please bring: Constitution law and law relating to women from your country

TENTATIVE AGENDA

DAY 1 – 25.09.06
TIME	SESSION: CONTENT TOPICS/ELEMENTS	OBJECTIVES / OUTCOMES	ACTIVITY	RESOURCE PERSON / FACILITATOR
	OPENING SESSION
9.30 am	Welcome Address	Welcoming participants		UNIFEM and PLD
10 am	Introduction of Participants	Introducing participants	Round –table discussion	SK Priya
10.45 am	Introduction to workshop	Mapping the objectives against participants expectation		Madhu Mehra
11.15 am	TEA BREAK
11.30 am	Setting down ground Rules	Setting ground rules for the workshop	Discussion	SK Priya
	TOPIC 1 - Setting The Context For Rights Based Approaches In South Asia
12 pm	Mapping the Challenges for Women's Rights	Sharing Experiences of the Status Of Human Rights in S Asia and Challenges to Implementation of Human Rights Values and Standards in S Asia Examining external and internal barriers to implementation of human rights standards/law		Deepika Udagama
1 pm	LUNCH BREAK
2 pm	Examining Constitutional Law and Statutory Law	Examining Constitutional Law and Statutory Law from the region to assess challenges and entry points for CEDAW implementation		Sapana Pradhan Malla
	TOPIC 2 – Understanding Gender Discrimination
3 pm	The Ideology of Gender	-To develop an understanding of the social construction of gender and inequality -Understand the implications of the ideology of gender in determining disadvantage		Madhu Mehra
4 pm	TEA BREAK
4.15	Institutions and Inequality	-To recognize the contexts in which discrimination occurs and in which it is structured - To understand that discrimination is interconnected		Sapana Pradhan Malla
5.30	Allocation of Reading Material
9 pm	Film Show

DAY 2 – 26.09.06
TIME	SESSION: CONTENT TOPICS/ELEMENTS	OBJECTIVES OUTCOMES	ACTIVITY	RESOURCE PERSON / FECILITATOR
9.30	Recap		Presentation on reading material
10 am	Gender and Law	To critique the role of law and its implementation in reinforcing the inequality of women		Sapana Pradhan Malla
11 am	TEA BREAK
11.15 am	Process Session	To Construct the Identity of South Asian Women -To critically examine the social construction of gender within the special external and internal contexts operating in S Asia	Game	SK Priya
	TOPIC 3 – Human Rights and Women
12.15 pm	The History of Exclusion	- To provide a brief historical background to women’s exploitation and activism surrounding it - To enable participants to understand the systemic nature of discrimination and the need for holistic approaches to counter it -To understand the meaning and nature of Human Rights and standards within the international human rights discourse		Deepika Udagama
1 pm	LUNCH BREAK
2 pm	The Relevance of a Special Law	-Examining other HR documents and standards -To understand the need for a special law for women		Deepika Udagama
3 pm	Journey to CEDAW and beyond	-To provide a brief background to CEDAW - To examine the various responses- national and international to women’s activism -To surface the need for the concept of substantive equality		Madhu Mehra
4.15 pm	TEA BREAK
4.30 pm	The UN systems	To familiarise participants with mechanisms for women’s rights and the regional human rights systems [African, European and Inter American Systems]		Deepika Udagama
5.30 pm	Process Session	To explore ways in which other HR systems can complement CEDAW	Group Work/ presentation by participants	SK Priya
9 pm	Film Show

DAY 3 – 27.09.06
TIME	SESSION: CONTENT TOPICS/ELEMENTS	OBJECTIVES OUTCOMES	ACTIVITY	RESOURCE PERSON / FECILITATOR
	TOPIC 4 – Towards Equality
9 am	Recognising Discrimination	-To understand the different dimensions of discrimination -To understand that discrimination is interconnected and leads to the denial of rights -To adapt the CEDAW framework to S Asian conditions		Sapana Pradhan Malla
10 am	Towards Substantive Equality	-To enable participants to differentiate between the various approaches to equality and their relative merits -To analyse the implications of different approaches for promoting development and autonomy for women		Deepika Udagama
11am	TEA BREAK
11.15 am	Affirmative Action	-To understand that more pro active measures are necessary to eliminate discrimination -To examine various proactive approaches adopted from around the region - The need for and implications of Reservations and Quotas		Sapana Pradhan Malla
12 pm	State Obligation	-To understand the legally binding nature of the state’s obligation under CEDAW -To examine the implications of the Paris Declaration - To examine the meaning and implications of gender budgeting		Madhu Mehra
1 pm	LUNCH BREAK
2 pm	Marshalling Arguments in Favour of Women's Equality	- To help participants identify and counter arguments commonly used against equality of women	Group work / Presentation by participants
	TOPIC 5 – Obligations under CEDAW
3.30 pm	Review Process	-Familiarize participants with the reporting and monitoring processes under the Convention -Familiarize participants with the principle elements of a report to the CEDAW Committee and data requirements -Identify intervention points for women’s activism		Deepika Udagama
4.30	TEA BREAK
Half day Free – Group Excursion / Outing

DAY 4 – 28.09.06
TIME	SESSION: CONTENT TOPICS/ELEMENTS	OBJECTIVES OUTCOMES	ACTIVITY	RESOURCE PERSON / FECILITATOR
9 am	Municipal Incorporation	-The status of treaty law implementation in the countries concerned -Procedures for incorporation of treaty law into domestic legislation -Current domestic jurisprudence in relation to the application of treaty law		Sapana Pradhan Malla
10 am	§1 Role of NGOs in relation to the review §2 Process Session	Sharing lessons learnt on writing shadow reports The status of implementation of the Concluding Comments: methodology used, good practices, problems and issues	Presentation by Participants	Madhu Mehra
11.30 am	TEA BREAK
11.45 am	Introducing the Optional Protocol CEDAW	Familiarizing participants with what it means and how to access it		Deepika Udagama
1 pm	LUNCH BREAK
	TOPIC 6 – The role of the Committee
2 pm	Under the Convention	-To provide a background of the powers, composition and functions of the Committee - To familiarize participants with the procedures for reporting and review		Deepika Udagama
2.45 pm	Under the Optional Protocol	-To provide a background of the powers and functions of the Committee -To familiarize participants with the procedures for making a complaint -To explain the inquiry procedure		Sapana Pradhan Malla
	TOPIC 7 – Bringing CEDAW Home
3.30	Obstacles and Opportunities	To surface Issues pertaining to the Implementation of the Convention in all the countries with special reference to facilitating or hindering factors - social, legal, institutional -To share practical approaches to enforcement from around the region - To share strategies for getting CEDAW reflected in national budgets	Group work / Presentation	Madhu Mehra
4.30	TEA BREAK
4.45	Group work continues
5.15	Application of CEDAW	To identify how CEDAW can be used by the participants in their work and domestic contexts - To develop linkages across sectors		Sapana Pradhan Malla
9 pm	Film Show

DAY 5 – 29.09.06
TIME	SESSION: CONTENT TOPICS/ELEMENTS	OBJECTIVES OUTCOMES	ACTIVITY	RESOURCE PERSON / FECILITATOR
9.30 am	Implementing the Concluding Comments	Sharing of Strategies	Group work / Presentation	SK Priya
11 am	TEA BREAK
	THE NEXT STEPS
11.15 am	Our Roles in Change	Identifying the next steps participants will take in implementing the learning points at the TOT		Sapana Malla
12.15 pm	Further Needs to Generate Change	Identification of needs for technical assistance to implement the Convention		Madhu Mehra
1.15 pm	LUNCH
2.15	EVALUATION AND CLOSING