Seizing the opportunities of CEDAW: Developing a women's sector strategy for 2011

Venue: Human Rights Action Centre
17-25 New Inn Yard
London EC2A 3EA

Date: Tuesday 24 March 2009 9.30 – 4pm

The Women's Resource Centre (WRC) and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) present a full day capacity-building and strategy conference on the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

• Find out more about CEDAW and its Optional Protocol, and other international women's rights instruments
• Learn about the practical ways you can use CEDAW in your lobbying work and for holding the government and public bodies to account
• Strategise with women’s organisations from across the UK to ensure the women’s sector has a strong presence at the UK government’s next examination by the CEDAW Committee (2011).

Speakers include:

• Ann Marie Gray, Northern Ireland Women’s European Platform
• Ceri Hayes, WOMANKIND Worldwide
• Hannana Siddiqui, Southall Black Sisters
• Helene Reardon-Bond, Government Equalities Office (GEO)
• Jacqui Hunt, Equality Now
• Liz Kelly, End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW)
• Liz McKean, Amnesty International
• Dr Nicola Brewer, Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
• Shaki Sanusi, Rights of Women
• Sheila Coates and Lee Eggleston, South Essex Rape and Incest Crisis Centre (SERICC).

Registration is FREE but RSVPs are essential and places are strictly limited. Some travel bursaries are available to women outside London.

• Download more information about the event (PDF)
• Download a booking form (Word)
• Download a bursary application form (Word)

Please send completed application forms to admin@wrc.org.uk, or for more information contact 0207 324 3030