Working Group on Discrimination Against Women in Law and in Practice
The Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice was established by the Human Rights Council at its 15th session in September 2010.
Members:
Ms. Elizabeth Broderick
(Australia)
Ms. Alda Facio, Chair
(Costa Rica)
Ms. Ivana Radačić
(Croatia)
Ms. Meskerem Geset Techane
(Ethiopia)
Ms. Melissa Upreti
(Nepal)
The duties of the group’s mandate includes:
- Calls upon all States to cooperate with and assist the Working Group in its task, to supply all necessary available information requested by it and to give serious consideration to responding favourably to its requests to visit their country to enable it to fulfil its mandate effectively; Calls upon States and urges institutions of global governance, including the United Nations, to promote women’s equal access to decision-making positions and processes, and encourages them to appoint and promote women staff members in order to guarantee women’s equal participation;
- Invites relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, treaty bodies and civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, as well as the private sector, to cooperate fully with the Working Group in the fulfilment of its mandate, and requests the Working Group to continue its cooperation with the Commission on the Status of Women;
- Requests the Working Group to continue to work on its thematic priorities, namely, political and public life, economic and social life, family and cultural life, and health and safety, and to dedicate specific attention to good practices that have contributed to mobilizing society as a whole, including men and boys, in the elimination of discrimination against women;
- Requests the Working Group, in the discharge of its mandate, to offer support to States’ initiatives to address multiple forms of discrimination against women and girls when implementing their obligations as State parties to relevant international human rights treaties with regard to civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights, and related commitments, where applicable.
Submission Instructions:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Women/WGWomen/Pages/SubmissionInformation.aspx
