more information on CEDAW on SOF website
and on the Women Resource Centre
WRC contact: Â Â Â Simma Rai cedaw@wrc.org.uk
SOF contact :Â hello@sisofrida.org
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Our aim
The Government has to tell the United Nations about womenâs rights in the UK.
We are collecting experiences from women across England to give to the United Nations. They will use these when they question the UK Government.
We want to be sure that disabled women are included. This report will reinforced what DDPOs wrote to the UNCPRD committee in last yearâs examination in Geneva. But we will focus more on disabled women and girlsâ issues.
Please tell us:
NB we are reporting on the period from 2013 to date.
We can only give a very short report to the United Nations – only 6,600 words!
We are interested in any information you can give us. Some of the areas that the UN will look at include:
Your evidence will be published unless you tell us otherwise.
Let us know if you want:
â EITHER your evidence to be completely confidential, OR
â to be shared with the Equality and Human Rights Commission only.
The deadline for evidence and information is 28 February 2018. Send your evidence to: cedaw@wrc.org.uk
There is more information here
General information â https://thewomensresourcecentre.org.uk/our-work/cedaw/
The Governmentâs own report is here – Â http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CEDAW%2fC%2fGBR%2f8&Lang=en
The last shadow report from womenâs groups is here: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CEDAW/Shared%20Documents/GBR/INT_CEDAW_NGO_GBR_13333_E.pdf
If you have any questions please contact us.
Your experience
Any Links to Evidence? Yes/No
Has the Government taken action?
Your recommendations
CEDAW-shadow-report-template-for-written-evidence-from-disabled-women-final (Word doc. for downloading)
Sisters of Frida has been part of the UK CEDAW Working Group for some time now and Armineh Soorenian was largely responsible for collating a contribution for us about disabled women in the shadow report.
The UK CEDAW Shadow Report â Womenâs Equality in the UK: A health check (http://thewomensresourcecentre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Women%E2%80%99s-Equality-in-the-UK-A-health-check.pdf)Â â has been produced by the CEDAW Working Group, a coalition of 42 womenâs and human rights organisations from across the UK in preparation for the examination of the UK Government by the UN CEDAW Committee in July 2013.
Zara Todd and Eleanor Lisney represented SoF at the launch last week. Here are some of the reports about the successful launch –
http://thewomensresource.tumblr.com/post/50411742451/successful-launch-of-the-uk-cedaw-shadow-report
Mentions in the press:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/may/13/government-cuts-reversing-gender-equality-gain