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Royal Princess of Thailand receives award for her outstanding engagement on ending violence against women and girls from UNIFEM

New York, 24 November: On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) today honoured HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol of Thailand for her exceptional contribution to ending violence against women. In an awards ceremony held at UN headquarters in New York and attended by high-level Thai officials and UNIFEM staff, Deputy Executive Director Joanne Sandler, congratulated the princess on her exemplary engagement on the issue and for being the public face of UNIFEM’s advocacy initiative Say NO to Violence against Women in Thailand.

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UNIFEM Launches Publication on Best Practices in Domestic Violence Legislation

BANGKOK, 2009 - UNIFEM launched its publication DV Legislation and its Implementation: An Analysis for ASEAN Countries based on International Standards and Good Practices at a side event of the High-level Intergovernmental Meeting to Review Regional Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and its Regional and Global Outcomes, at the UN Convention Centre in Bangkok on 17 November 2009. The launch was followed by a panel discussion focusing on the implementation and monitoring of anti-domestic violence legislation, using good practices from the ESCAP region.

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Crafting a blueprint for change in Timor Leste

The Timorese government has been issued with the challenge to guarantee genuine equality between women and men.  This sums the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the CEDAW Convention, the international bill of rights for women.

Ms. Pramila Patten, a member of the Committee that reviewed Timor-Leste’s first report on the rights of women in the country was in Dili in early November 2009 to present the Committee’s Concluding Observations. From all over Dili and the districts, NGO representatives, government officials and civil society members gathered to hear how Timorese women were faring in the quest to achieve their rights and equality both in the country’s laws and in day to day life.

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UNIFEM is part of the UN Joint Programme for Gender Equality in Vietnam.

UNIFEM is among 12 UN agencies committed to an innovative Joint Programme to promote gender equality in Viet Nam. The Joint Programme on gender equality between the Government of Viet Nam and the United Nations was signed at an official ceremony on 19th March 2009.

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We don’t have to be tough all the time

UNIFEM East and Southeast Asia organizes progressive trainings for male student leaders on gender and sexuality to address demand for trafficked persons in Thailand.

Bangkok 10 May 2009 Twenty-six eager young men arrived at a quiet resort in Nonthaburi early Saturday morning May 9 for what was going to become a memorable weekend. The university students were hand-picked to attend a two-day training workshop on gender sensitivity for young men organized by UNIFEM and facilitated by CATW-AP (the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women-Asia Pacific). The workshop training was the first of its kind in Thailand, shifting the focus from the supply side of the trafficking process to the issue of demand and its implications on trafficking and exploitation, educating young male leaders to spread awareness and create change.

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Forum on Impact of Economic Crisis on Women Migrant Workers in Bangkok, 23-25 April 2009

Bangkok – As economic crisis takes its toll on the world economy, many jobs are continually being lost.  Within the region, the open economies of East and Southeast Asia are especially vulnerable: this year Singapore’s economy is expected to contract by as much as 8%, Hong Kong and Japan by 6%, Thailand by 5%, and Malaysia by 3%.

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Year 2009 and 2008

• Celebrating International Women's Day 2009 "Unite To End Violence Against Women" Dili, Timor-Leste
• UNIFEM China stresses the importance of Investing in Women and Girls on International Women’s Day 2009
• Regional Conference on Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Muslim Societies
• Call for Proposals 2009 – UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women
• UNIFEM launched flagship Progress of the World’s Women report in Thailand. Report urges governments to do a better job of answering to women for commitments made
• 16 Days of Activism to end violence against women
• Timorese Parliamentarians Ask For More Gender Responsive Budgeting Trainings And Increased Gender Awareness Drive
• Over 3 million Thai people join UNIFEM Say NO to Violence Against Women Campaign, HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha, UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador, hands over names to the UN
• Cambodia increases female representation in 2008 elections: First female Deputy Prime Minister
• ASEAN Workshop on Domestic Violence Legislation
• Gender Resource Centre will Enhance Equality for Parliamentarians in Timor
• HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha of Thailand Agrees to be UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador and Says NO to Violence against Women
• Government of Timor-Leste Says NO to Violence against Women
• Judges from Thailand and Vietnam visited the Philippines for Knowledge Sharing on Gender Equality and the Judiciary
• ASEAN Regional Workshop on Gender Equality Legislation
  Bangkok, Thailand; 13-15 February 2008
• ASEAN High-Level Meeting on Good Practices in CEDAW Reporting and Follow-up Vientiane, Lao PDR; 14-15 January 2008
• Gender and Development for Cambodia (GAD/C) awarded the UN Trust Fund grant (29KB - pdf)
• 2008 Call for Proposals of the United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence Against Women

Year 2007

• “Workshop on Integrating CEDAW in Tertiary Curriculum in Southeast Asia,” 8-9 November, 2007, Bangkok
• Male Leaders in Timor-Leste Give Voice to Ending Violence Against Women
• UN congratulates Viet Nam on NA passage of domestic violence law
• UNIFEM and the Thai government convene a regional forum on how men can do more to end violence against women, sharing good practice from Asia-Pacific.
• More women elected in Cambodia’s local government election
• Launch of the UN Joint Programme on the Implementation Of the CEDAW Concluding Comments in the Philippines
  Manila, 28 May 2007
• UNIFEM to launch a project entitled “Strengthening Women’s Legal Rights in Aceh.”
• Series of training for Vietnamese judges and judiciary personnel, In Danang and Ho Chi Minh City

Year 2006

• New Poll Highlights Need for Better Understanding Among Thais of the Importance of Migrant Workers to Their Economy
• Women living with HIV in Phnom Penh set up their own cooperative for income generation in Cambodia
• Regional NGO Workshop Addressing Women Migrants Rights Through CEDAW
  • See also Conference Statement
• Investment in Proven Strategies Needed to End Violence against Women
• UNIFEM announces grants in support of efforts to end violence against women
• ASEAN ministers share best practices in advancing women’s rights in national development planning
• In message for international day, Secretary-General calls for creation of environment ‘where violence against women is not tolerated
  
• Senior government officials from Southeast Asian countries pledge to use international treaty to assist women migrant workers
  
• First Ever Vietnam NGO report to CEDAW is underway
• ASEAN and The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
  
• International Women's Day Celebration at the National Human Right Commission, Thailand (NHRC)
  
• International Women's Day Celebration, Exercising Power for Change
• Women in Political Decision Making
• International Women’s Week 2006: Women and the Coming Senator Election, Thailand

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