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Women and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC)/subregional headquarters for the Caribbean. The expert group meeting
was part of the ongoing work of the Division to develop tools for stakeholders to
address violence against women, and based on the outcome of the meeting, the
Division will prepare a guide containing a model framework for national action
plans on violence against women.
6.
The Division for the Advancement of Women and OHCHR continued to
support the work of human rights treaty bodies and implementation of the major
international human rights instruments, including through exchange of information
and dissemination of information about the human rights treaty system. The Special
Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women addressed the Committee on
the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on 29 July 2010 at its forty-sixth
session. The Division provided inputs in connection with the preparation by the
Committee of a general recommendation on older women, which was finalized and
adopted by the Committee on 19 October 2010. In celebration of the thirtieth
anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women, OHCHR organized an event focusing on how the
Convention has been a force for change in women’s lives globally. The Division for
the Advancement of Women participated in this event, during which the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights paid tribute to the Division for its
excellent work in promoting and facilitating the implementation of the Convention
during the past 30 years.
7.
The Division for the Advancement of Women and OHCHR continued to
update their databases and websites. The Division continued to enhance its website
in relation to violence against women, which includes the work of the Human Rights
Council, including its resolutions on the elimination of discrimination against
women, the elimination of violence against women, and trafficking in persons,
especially women and children; work of the special procedures mandate holders; the
universal periodic review; and reports of OHCHR to the Council. In its quarterly
newsletters on violence against women, the Division included information on
resolutions adopted by the Human Rights Council, work of the Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination against Women, and events organized by OHCHR on
violence against women, including trafficking in persons.
8.
OHCHR and the Division for the Advancement of Women convened a number
of meetings, including training seminars and other capacity-building activities, to
support implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Violence against Women and other human rights treaties, including with respect to
the preparation of reports and follow-up to concluding observations at the national
level. The Division supported the convening of workshops in Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia
and the United Republic of Tanzania. It continued its multiphased support to the
Government of Liberia to strengthen capacity for the implementation of the
Convention and held a round-table discussion on articles 1 and 2 of the Convention
in June 2010. The Division continued to support the Government of Côte d’Ivoire in
the preparation of its initial to fourth periodic report to the Committee, and it
organized a drafter’s workshop in February 2010 and a workshop in May 2010. In
October 2010, a workshop was held to support the Government of the United
Republic of Tanzania on the implementation of the concluding observations of the
Committee. The full involvement and support of OHCHR was sought in connection
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