Preliminary Agenda
Network of National Correspondents
Meeting in New York City, Sunday
January 24, 1999
9:00 am
Welcoming Session
Chair of the morning sessions, Marilou
McPhedran, Project Director
International Women's Rights, York University Centre for Feminist
Research.
Morning Presentations
By national correspondents in the CEDAW
Impact Study consisting of each correspondent's summary followed by a
"Question and Answer" session after each presentation. See CEDAW
Impact Study and Network for more details.
Lesley Ann Foster of South Africa
Alexandra Rudneva of the Ukraine
Youngsook Cho of South Korea
Lee Waldorf of Canada
Silma Pinilla Diaz of Panama
Sapana Pradhan-Malla of Nepal
Alide Roerink of the Netherlands
Break
Feride Acar of Turkey
Masumi Yoneda of Japan
Hanna Beate Schoepp Schilling of Germany
Luncheon
Beginning at 1:30 PM
Afternoon Presentations
"The Value of Concluding Observations",
Jane Connors, Chief, Women's Rights Unit, UN Division
for the Advancement of Women.
"Domestic Applications of CEDAW",
Ilana Landsberg-Lewis, Human Rights Programme Specialist,
UNIFEM.
"Linking to Work on Other Treaty Bodies",
Jessica Neuwirth, Executive Director, Equality Now.
"A Case Study of the Peru Rape Law",
Anne Bayefsky, Director, York University Centre
for Refugee Studies.
"Current Study of UN Human Rights Treaty
Bodies by the International Law Association", Andrew
Byrnes, Director, Centre for Comparative and Public Law, University
of Hong Kong.
Break
"Taking full advantage of the Internet"
Demonstration and Discussion.
Closing Remarks
Major Funders
The
Ford Foundation
Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada
Thank You
International Advisory
Committee
CEDAW Network of National
Correspondents
Technical Advisory Committee
IWRP Team
Le Parker Meridien Hotel,
New York
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