AEHRD’S WORKING
GROUP’S WORK ON
COMBATTING
VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN THROUGH
MEMBER NHRIS
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AEHRD’S WORKING
GROUP’S WORK ON
COMBATTING
VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN THROUGH
MEMBER NHRIS
AMMAN, 06TH NOV. 2012
The 11th Global ICC Conference
Presentation by: Mu’ayyad Mehyar
Programme Manager,
Arab-European Human Rights Dialogue
Participation and Civil Society Dept.
Member NHRIs involved: Denmark, Greece, Sweden,
Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Tunisia, and UN ESCWA’s Women’s Centre
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STRATEGIC
FRAMEWORK AND
PRIORITISED ISSUES
I. Conformity of National Laws and Practices
with International Law
 Implementation of principles and laws
from international agreements that relate
to women’s rights and gender equality
and review of reservations and lift what
can be lifted, so that equality is attained.
 Guarantee the legal protection in national
legislation for women’s rights, whether in
the law or the
application/implementation of the law
and harmonizing it with international
agreements and conventions and national
constitutions.
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STRATEGIC
FRAMEWORK AND
PRIORITISED ISSUES
I. Conformity of National Laws and Practices
with International Law
 Implementation of CEDAW, including
lifting the reservation, ratification of the
optional protocol and harmonization of
national legislation
 Information gathering, analysis and
studies on discriminatory laws and
regulations and addressing gaps, whether
in the law or in the application of the law
in relation to the implementation of
international conventions and agreements
and in relation to the implementation of
national legislation
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STRATEGIC
FRAMEWORK AND
PRIORITISED ISSUES
I. Conformity of National Laws and Practices
with International Law
 Implementation of CEDAW, including
lifting the reservation, ratification of the
optional protocol and harmonization of
national legislation
 Information gathering, analysis and
studies on discriminatory laws and
regulations and addressing gaps, whether
in the law or in the application of the law
in relation to the implementation of
international conventions and agreements
and in relation to the implementation of
national legislation
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STRATEGIC
FRAMEWORK AND
PRIORITISED ISSUES
II. Affirmative Action and Gender
Mainstreaming
 Gender mainstream national human
rights institutions in its structure,
strategies programmes, budgets and
reports and building partnerships and
alliances with civil society
organizations
 NHRIS nationally propose affirmative
actions on gender equality, a act as
examples by mainstreaming gender
 Representation of women in NHRI
boards of 50% within 3-5 years
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STRATEGIC
FRAMEWORK AND
PRIORITISED ISSUES
II. Affirmative Action and Gender
Mainstreaming
 Awareness and training
programmes to those who are
working in NHRIs to incorporate
the concept of equality between
men and women and propose
practical actions for these
institutions to attain the aspired
level of equality
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STRATEGIC
FRAMEWORK AND
PRIORITISED ISSUES
III. Education for Gender Equality
 NHRIs work on establishing and
enforcing a culture of gender
equality of different levels of
society, including training of
judges, prosecutes, lawyers, NHRI
staff, training of HR students and
staff
Development of curricular,
ensuring adequate representation
and imaging of men and women
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STRATEGIC
FRAMEWORK AND
PRIORITISED ISSUES
IV. Combating Violence against Women
 Fostering the role of national human
rights institutions in fighting violence
against women, with focus on
domestic violence, trafficking and
women with special needs.
 Organise activities addressing public
opinion to fight violence against
women and enter into national and
regional alliances and campaigns to
limit violence against women
V. DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS AND
ACTION PLAN
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PROJECT AND PLAN
All member NHRIs have committed to
facilitate the implementation of a
project to combat violence against
women first in all NHRIs’ respective
countries based on each country’s
context and in reference to CEDAW.
 Objective: Fostering NHRIs in
combating violence against women
by strengthening the administrative
justice system and procedures on
combating violence against
women.
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PROJECT AND PLAN
 A draft logframe with
identification of outcomes,
objectives, outputs, activities
and indicators was developed in
consensus and was approved by
participating members.
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MAJOR DELIVERABLES
AND OUTPUTS
 Mapping study on violence against
women in legislation and in practice: June
30th 2011
 Needs assessment: July 30th 2011
 Identification of target groups: August 5th
2011
 Identification of trainers: August 5th 2011
 Design/adapt training content, materials
and programmes: October 30th 2011
 Conclude Memoranda of Understandings
(MoUs) with targeted agencies, October
30th 2011
 Organise a multidisciplinary training
workshop: December 30th 2011
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MAJOR DELIVERABLES
AND OUTPUTS
 Pre evaluation of the training content:
November 30th 2011
 Post evaluation of the training content
and effect: December 30th 2011
 National Dialogue and Conference to
discuss findings Nov. 2012
 Regional Conference to share best
practices, challenges and lessons Learned:
March 2013
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LESSONS LEARNED...
SO FAR
 Planning is important including agreeing
with all stakeholders on the strategic
framework of the project
 Forming cooperation, alliances and
partnerships with concerned human
rights and civil society organisations,
including women’s organisations, as well
as media, is a cornerstone for the
implementation and success of the of the
project
If a NHRI has close ties and regular
interaction with civil society, the NHRI can
obtain a wealth of information about the
situation in the country
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LESSONS LEARNED...
SO FAR
 Context.. Context.. Context..
Successful implementation of the project
activities depends, very much, on rigorous
analysis of the particular factors affecting
violence against women and girls,
including setting and forms of violence
and populations affected by violence
 Holistic, coordinated and multi-sectoral
approaches at all levels are more likely to
have impact
 Involving academia, media and religious
scholars is important to drive change in
social norms that may sometimes tolerate
violence against women and girls
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LESSONS LEARNED...
SO FAR
 Applying a HRBA in the project planning and
implementation is of paramount importance –
PANEL (Participation, Accountability, NonDiscrimination, Empowerment and Reference
to Legal Frameworks including International
Human Rights Law)
 NHRIs should allocate resources to address
and deal with women’s human rights and
gender equality including appointing gender
focal points
 NHRIs should be the main catalysts to
facilitate and foster a dialogue on human
rights in the country including a dialogue on
women’s rights and gender equality
 NHRIs should always address the issue of legal
norms vs. implementation
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