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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 United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDAW/DESA) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) convened an expert group meeting on good practices in legislation to address harmful practices, which was held at the United Nations 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 United Nations 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 
Background papers
Expert papers
Model framework for legislation on violence against women
Pictures of participants taken during one of the sessions
Final report of the Expert Group Meeting
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 搈ulticulturalism 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 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