Lessons From Cedaw For Advancing Women's Rights

The International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Programme
and The International Human Rights Programme
co-present:

LESSONS FROM CEDAW

FOR ADVANCING WOMEN'S RIGHTS

by

Shanthi Dairiam,
CEDAW member 2002-2008

Shanthi Dairiam is an internationally renowned women's human rights activist from Malaysia and an expert member of the UN CEDAW Committee. She became involved in activism to promote women's rights through law and policy reform and the development of ways to identify and rectify  discrimination against women. Ms. Dairiam is the founder of International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia-Pacific (IWRAW-Asia Pacific), an independent NGO that began collaborative programmes with women's groups in 12 countries of Asia to facilitate the implementation of CEDAW and other relevant UN treaties. Ms. Dairiam has served as an expert assisting key UN agencies such as APGEN, the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights and UNIFEM.  She holds an MA in Literature from the University of Madras India and an MA in Gender and Development from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

Friday May 22, 2009
12:30 to 2:00 p.m.
in the Solarium
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
84 Queen's Park
Toronto

a light lunch will be provided