ABOUT US
CEDAW Watch Philippines aims to promote women's human rights through the popularization of and effective implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
It is a network of women individuals and groups involved in women's human rights advocacy at the national and international levels.
The network promotes awareness of CEDAW amongst government, civil society organizations and the public in general through educational campaigns. Educating the public about the importance and critical role of human rights treaty bodies for the defense of women's human rights, the network will develop pro-active citizens who can effectively monitor government's compliance with CEDAW.
While using CEDAW as a major instrument towards the formation of and realization of the goal of women's human rights, the network maintains that women's human rights are much broader than just the CEDAW treaty itself. The network advocates for laws to be aligned with international obligations/treaties such as CEDAW. In working on CEDAW, the network deals with two faces and dynamism: (a) international level and (b) national or local level. It believes that advocacy must be strengthened at the local level.
Objectives
of the Network
Recruit members and formally
organize a CEDAW Watch network/forum of CEDAW advocates
that shall sustain a system of monitoring and advocacy
for women's human rights in the Philippines.
Activate an electronic mentoring
and monitoring system among CEDAW Watch members
and affiliates.
Conduct orientation briefing for
key legislators and legislative staff on CEDAW and
legislative agenda for women's rights issues in
the Philippines.
Dialogue with various women NGOs
and CSOs on complementary initiatives at policy
advocacy and resource mobilization.
The network serves two important functions:
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As a monitoring mechanism by ensuring that the government will not get away with its commitment to protect women's human rights; and,
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As a resource center leading the popularization of CEDAW. CEDAW is not widely known to the public or even to the government officials/employees even if it has been in existence for twenty-five years. The network will be able to bring concrete programs to enrich and inform women.
CEDAW Watch Committees / Areas:
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Monitoring Mechanism for GRs and Committee Observations & Suggestions to the Government
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Education and Public Policy on CEDAW & WHR / CEDAW and
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Rights-based Approach to Development (BPFA & MDGs)
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Lobbying for Women's Equality Law (Magna Carta of Women in the Philippines)
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Explicitly promote women's freedom of information and choiceNetwork expansion
OUR PEOPLE
Aurora `Oyie' Javate de Dios
Convenor
Organizational affiliations:
Former Philippine Representative to CEDAW
Executive Director, Women and Gender Institute
Executive Director, Coalition Against Trafficking in
Women-Asia Pacific
Former Chairperson, National Commission on the Role
of Filipino Women
Southeast Asia Watch (SEAWatch)
Patricia `Tatti' Licuanan
Organizational affiliations:
President, Miriam Colleges Foundation Philippines
Former Chair, United Nations Commission on the Status
of Women
Rosario `Nena' Manalo
Organizational affiliations:
Chair, Commitee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination
Against Women
(2005-2006)
Lectures at Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle
University and Miriam College
Rosanita `Annie' Serrano
Organizational affiliations:
SEAWatch
Formerly with UN-Asia Pacific Gender Program
Former Deputy Director, National Commission on the Role
of Filipino Women
Atty. Eleanor Conda
Organizational affiliations:
Board Member, Women's Legal Bureau, Inc.
Women's Features Service Resource Pool
In.ternational Women's Rights Watch
Atty. Myrna Feliciano
Organizational affiliations:
Consultant trainer onMandatory Continuing Legal Education
with the Supreme Court Integrated Bar of the Philippines
Milabel Amar
Organizational affiliation:
Asian Center for Human Rights
Atty. Evelyn `Leo' Battad
Organizational affiliation:
University of the Philippines School of Labor and Industrial
Relations
Rina Jimenez-David
Organizational affiliations:
President, PILIPINA
Columnist, Philippine Daily Inquirer
Josefa `Gigi' Francisco
Organizational affiliations:
Regional Coordinator, SEAWatch
Southeast Asia Resource Pool, Development Alternatives
for Women in the New Era
International Women's Rights Watch
Women and Gender Institute
Atty. Rowena `Bing' Guanzon
Organizational affiliations:
Gender Justice Award
Gender Watch Coalition
Columnist, Philippine Daily Inquirer
Lucita `Lucy' Lazo
Organizational affiliations:
Consultant, Canadian International Development Agency
and National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women
Former Regional Director, United Nations Fund for Women
ESEARO
Luz Lopez-Rodriguez
Organizational affiliation: United
Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Southeast Asia CEDAW Project-Philippines
Carolyn `Carol' Sobritchea
Organizational affiliation:
University Center for Women's Studies
Olive
Tripon
Organizational affiliation:
Women's Feature Service
Emmeline Verzosa
Organizational affiliations:
Executive Director, National Commission on the Role
of Filipino Women
University Center for Women''s Studies
Elizabeth Yang
Organizational affiliations:
PILIPINA
Abanse! Pinay
Teresita Quintos-Deles
Organizational affiliations:
PILIPINA
InciteGov
Atty. Raissa H. Jajurie
Organizational affiliations:
Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panligal (SALIGAN)
Alternative Legal Assistance Center, Inc. (ALAC)
Dina
Baltazar
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Southeast Asia CEDAW Project-Philippines
Melanie Reyes
Miriam College- Women and Gender Institute
Maria Carolina Rodriguez Bello
Website Content Coordinator