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This is a tool for policy makers and development practitioners who are seeking practical guidance for engendering the MDGs. As in UNIFEM’s previous publication “Pathway to Gender Equality”, this publication argues for a gender-responsive and rights-based approach to implementing, monitoring and reporting on the MDGs. It argues that the foundations for such an approach have already been laid in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Beijing Plan for Action, which complement and reinforce the MDG framework. The publication aims to assist countries by suggesting a process for developing a gender-responsive rights-based national MDG reporting framework, and providing a sourcebook of issues to consider, possible strategies, and suggested long-term and intermediate targets and indicators.
Baseline Violence Against Women survey
In 2005, a nationwide baseline survey on domestic violence in Cambodia was completed, sponsored by the German Association for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), the East West Management Institute and UNIFEM's CEDAW Southeast Asia Programme, in cooperation with the Cambodian Ministry of Women's Affairs (MOWA). The research survey drew on the work of several organisations in Cambodia working on ending gender-based violence, including Project Against Domestic Violence (PADV), Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights (LICADHO), Cambodian Women’s Crisis Center (CWCC), Gender and Development (GAD), and Social Services of Cambodia (SSC).
Increasing Women's Involvement in the Commune Elections
The Committee to Promote Women's Political Participation (CPWP) was formed in 2005 to encourage greater involvement by women in public life and decision-making. Their first major project focused on promoting women's participation in Cambodia's commune council elections in April 2007. The group organised a holistic pre-election campaign throughout 2006 and early 2007 that involved lobbying for inclusion of more women candidates in the party lists and at the top of these lists, training women candidates on election campaigning, and conducting a media and advocacy campaign to urge the public to vote for the parties that put women on the top of their lists.
Just prior to the election, the Ministry of Women's Affairs also embarked on a nation-wide campaign called 'Giving Opportunity and Support for Women to Become Leaders', to raise awareness among voters and party members.
These activities received the support of UNIFEM's CEDAW SEAP, the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF), GTZ and other international donors.
Posters Promoting Non-Discrimination in English and Khmer
A series of posters were created by Silaka with support from UNIFEM in 2006 addressing the sharing of household work, equal education and career choice opportunities for boys and girls, and ending discrimination of women in the workforce. Posters are available in English and in Khmer.
Examining Discrimination Within Cambodian Laws
A report titled "Violence Against Women: How Cambodian Laws Discriminate Against Women" was published in November 2007 by the Cambodian Committee of Women (CAMBOW). Using a CEDAW framework, the report examines whether laws related to violence against women contain discriminatory provisions that ultimately contravene CEDAW principles, and if so, what the impact of this on women is. The analysis is themed around four key areas: marriage, domestic violence, rape and trafficking.
CAMBOW was set up in 2000 and is a coalition of 34 local womenʼs organizations working to advance the cause of women in Cambodia , especially with regards to ending violence against women. The coalition is chaired by the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO). In 2005, CAMBOW joined hands with the NGO CEDAW Committee to submit the first ever NGO Shadow Report to the CEDAW Committee.
The Essentials to Understanding CEDAW and How it Applies in the Cambodian Context: A Vision for the New Millennium
This booklet is intended as a basic guide to the key concepts and principles of CEDAW, and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It discusses the connection and co-relation between CEDAW, the MDGs and the Beijing Platform for Action, in promoting progress towards gender equality and women's empowerment. The resource explains how the CEDAW and MDG frameworks apply within the Cambodian context, including an examination of Cambodian laws and the constitution in providing for women's rights. Finally, the publication also offers practical recommendations for action at the individual and community levels to eliminate discrimination and make women's rights a reality in Cambodia . The booklet was prepared by Silaka for UNIFEM’s CEDAW Southeast Asia programme funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), with technical support from a team of local and international advisors - it has been used as supporting material in a series of training workshops for government officials and NGOs in Cambodia.
The Essentials to Understanding CEDAW: How it Applies in Cambodian Context (manual)
This is a training manual for trainers on CEDAW and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It was prepared by Silaka for UNIFEM’s CEDAW Southeast Asia programme funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), with technical support from a team of local and international advisors. The manual relates the key principles of CEDAW to the Cambodian context, offering case studies to discuss how the CEDAW and MDG frameworks can be applied in Cambodia to advance the human rights of women. The manual focuses on methodologies that allow trainers to explain CEDAW and the MDGs in a practical and easily understood way. The training manual is accompanied by a set of posters that can be used during the training and a booklet that serves as a resource for training participants.
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