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Using CEDAW to advocate women’s rights: A workshop on CEDAW shadow report writing

25 Oct 2013

 

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will examine the periodic report of the Hong Kong SAR Government between October 20 to and November 7, 2014. This is an important opportunity that NGOs could use to advocate the promotion of women’s human rights in Hong Kong through submitting a shadow report and attending the hearing. Ms. Pramila Patten, Vice Chairperson of the CEDAW Committee, will be the key-note speaker of the workshop jointly organized by the Center for Comparative and Public Law (CCPL) of the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Women's Coalition on Equal Opportunities and the Women’s Studies Research Centre (WSRC), HKU.

Media representatives are cordially invited to the opening ceremony and attend the session on topical speeches from 9am to 11:10am on October 26 (Saturday).

Details of the workshop are as follows:

Date: October 26, 2013 (Saturday)
Time: 9am to 6pm
Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus, University of Hong Kong

(This workshop is conducted in English, with Chinese interpretation)

Welcome Address:
Guest of Honor, Dr Christine Loh Kung-wai, JP, OBE

Key-note Speaker:
Ms. Pramila Patten (Vice Chairperson of CEDAW committee)

Other Speakers:
Ms. Puja Kapai (Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, HKU),
Ms. Rina Bovrisse (Former employee, Prada, Japan)

Main concerns:
- Poverty
- Violence against women
- Political and public life / Political representation
- Foreign domestic helpers (FDH), ethnic minority women, new arrival women

For enquiries, please contact Ms Kitty Hung at tel 62877951, or email wcoeo2008b@gmail.com