The Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), which promotes the linkage of gender justice/women's rights with economic justice/human rights, convened a small Asian workshop in order to explore ways in which the Kuala Lumpur Guidelines for a Human Rights Approach to Economic Policy in Agriculture (Kuala Lumpur Guidelines)1 could become a tool for advancing gender justice and women's rights among groups that work on economic justice issues in the agricultural sector. The workshop analyzed cases in the agriculture sector by identifying the human rights and barriers at stake, and the strategies to promote accountability and policy alternatives/options to further enhance existing policy. The event, "Workshop on a Human Rights Approach to Economic Policy in Agriculture: Engendering the Kuala Lumpur Guidelines in Response to a Fierce New World," was held at the Miriam College in Quezon City last 26-27 January 2011. Miriam College, the International Working Group on Trade-Finance Linkages, and Agribusiness Action Initiative co-organized the workshop. For further information, please contact: Miriam College - Women and Gender Institute (WAGI), Ground Floor, Caritas Building, Miriam College, Katipunan Road, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines; ph (632) 5805400 local 3590; ph/fax: (632) 4359229; e-mail: wagi@mc.edu.ph; www.wagi-mc.org.
The Asian Consortium on Human Rights Based Access to Justice (HRBA-A2J) organized the Pilot Training Workshop on Human Rights Approach to Realizing Equal Access to Justice (EA2J). The workshop aimed to strengthen the institutional and individual capacities of members of the Asian Consortium to apply human rights norms, standards and principles to realize EA2J. The workshop was designed to enable participants to:
The workshop was held in Manila on 4-7 April 2011. For further information please contact: The Secretariat, Asian Consortium on Human Rights Based Access to Justice, c/o ESCR-Asia, Inc., Rm.6, Mezzanine Floor, Ateneo De Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines; ph/fax: (632) 9293482; e-mail: escasia2003@yahoo.com, jtejada_philja@yahoo.com, jgpallera98@yahoo.com, davidlens@hotmail.com
The International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW Asia Pacific) is organizing a Pilot Testing Workshop for Litigating Lawyers on Women's Human Rights Using CEDAW to be held from 16 - 20 June 2011 in Kuala Lumpur. The Workshop is being held in keeping with IWRAW Asia Pacific's on-going efforts in supporting lawyers to litigate cases relating to women's human rights founded on the Principle of Equality and Non-discrimination at the domestic courts. The Pilot Testing Workshop for Litigating Lawyers on Women's Human Rights Using CEDAW aims to enable participants:
The expected participants are litigating lawyers with substantial experience in representing cases relating to human rights and/or women's human rights. Participants will share their experiences and inputs on litigation at national levels that would help finalize a resource package being developed by IWRAW-Asia Pacific for lawyers engaged in litigation for women’s human rights to use the CEDAW framework and principles more effectively. For further information, please contact: International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW-Asia Pacific), 80-B, Jalan Bangsar 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; ph (603) 2282 2255; fax (603) 2283 2552; e-mail: iwraw-ap@iwraw- ap.org/iwraw_ap@yahoo.com: www.iwraw-ap.org
1. Kuala Lumpur Guidelines are designed as a tool to provide basic information and a methodology for use by anyone concerned with ensuring the primacy and centrality of the human rights of those affected by trade, investment and finance rules as well as fiscal, monetary and other economic policies related to agriculture. The Guidelines were developed by a number of organizations led by the International Gender and Trade Network, International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights-ESCR-Net and Center of Concern. Visit www.escr-net.org and www.red-desc.org for more details.