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Expert Group Meeting

Good practices in legislation to address harmful practices against women
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
25 to 28 May 2009

The 51³Ô¹Ï Division for the Advancement of Women of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDAW/DESA) and the 51³Ô¹Ï Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) convened an expert group meeting on good practices in legislation to address harmful practices, which was held at the 51³Ô¹Ï at Addis Ababa, from 25 to 28 May 2009.

The expert group meeting was a follow up to an organized by UNDAW/DESA and the 51³Ô¹Ï Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, from 26 to 28 May 2008, on good practices in legislation on violence against women. That meeting prepared a model framework for legislation on violence against women, including detailed recommendations, commentaries and examples of promising practices. The framework contains two types of recommendations: those that are applicable to all forms of violence against women; and those that are specific to domestic violence or sexual violence. The purpose of this expert group meeting was to further develop the framework by elaborating specific recommendations for legislation on harmful practices against women.

Aide-Mémoire pdf
Background papers
Expert papers
Model framework for legislation on violence against women pdf
Pictures of participants taken during one of the sessions
Final report of the Expert Group Meeting pdf

Background papers

EGM/GPLVAW/2009/BP
Background paper for the Expert Group Meeting on good practices in legislation to address harmful practices against women
prepared by the Division for the Advancement of Women

Expert papers

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.01
Legislation to address the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM)
prepared by Berhane Ras-Work

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.02
Tackling honour in the aftermath with a good practice
prepared by Leylâ Pervizat

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.03
Honour killings and the quest for justice in black and minority ethnic communities in the UK / Moving toward a “multiculturalism without culture”: constructing a victim-friendly human rights approach to forced marriage in the UK
prepared by Aisha Gill

EGM/GPLVAW/2009/EP.04
Legal analysis of the legislation regulating relations in protection of women from violence in Kyrgyzstan
prepared by Ruslan Khakimov

EGM/GPLVAW/2009/EP.05
The CEDAW convention and harmful practices against women: The work of the CEDAW Committee
prepared by Dorcas Coker-Appiah

EGM/GPLVAW/2009/EP.06
Harmful practices against women in India: An examination of selected legislative responses
prepared by Asmita Basu

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.07
Harmful traditional practices against women and legislation
prepared by Morissanda Kouyaté

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.08
Forced and early marriage in Central and Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union Countries
prepared by Cheryl Thomas

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.09
Overview of legislation in the European Union to address female genital mutilation, challenges and recommendations for the implementation of laws
prepared by Els Leye and Alexia Sabbe

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.10
Effectiveness of legislation enacted to address harmful practices against women in Uganda, including maltreatment of widows and female genital mutilation
prepared by Dora C. Kanabahita Byamukama

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.11a
Considerations of domestic or family violence in selected Arab Nations
prepared by Sherifa Zuhur

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.11b
Considerations of honor crimes, FGM, kidnapping/rape, and early marriage in selected Arab nations
prepared by Sherifa Zuhur

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.12
Harmful traditional practices in Europe: Judicial interventions
prepared by Carole Ageng’o

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.13
The efficiency of legislation enacted to face harmful acts against women in Latin America and the Caribbean
prepared by Liliana Silva Miguez

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.14
Good practices in legislation to address harmful practices against women in Pakistan
prepared by Shahnaz Bokhari

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.15
Harmful practices against women in Pacific Island Countries: Customary and conventional laws
prepared by Imrana Jalal

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.16
Legal approaches, reforms, different areas of laws, assessment of the effectiveness of particular legal framework/provisions, lesson learned, good practices & highlighted promising practices in Bangladesh
prepared by Salma Ali

Pictures of participants taken during one of the sessions

The expert group meeting in plenary





















The expert group meeting in plenary

The working group on harmful practices related to marriage






















The working group on harmful practices related to marriage

Dinner to celebrate the closing of the meeting, hosted by the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices






















Dinner to celebrate the closing of the meeting, hosted by the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices