Producing a NGO activity report and hosting a forum named "CEDAW for investigating the Korean government"
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September 21, 2011, we held a forum "the 49th CEDAW for investigating the Korean government" at Learning Hall of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea.
Our umbrella organization, the Korean Women’s Associations United (KWAU) made and submitted to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), a NGO report 3 times, in 1997, 2007 and 2011, and carried on campaigns to demand the Korean government to monitor and fulfill the final recommendations. Especially, our organization, the Korean Women Workers' Association (KWWA) monitored and made policy suggestions in relation to women workers.
July 19, 2011, 4 groups, in solidarity with KWAU, Korean Center for United Nations Human Rights Policy (KOCUN), Lawyers for Democratic Society, and KWWA, formed a NGO delegates to investigate the Korean government in the CEDAW, and lobbied the committee.
During the forum, the NGO representatives including Jeong Moon Ja, chairperson of our organization presented NGOs' final opinions about NGO's investigation of the Korean government in the CEDAW.
After the topic presentation, debaters and panels consisting of experts from the politics, legal communities and civil societies had a time to discuss and share their opinions and how to fulfil the recommendations.