UN Women held its first on 14-15 August 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand.
According to UN women regional director Roberta Clarke, “the meeting has established a framework of cooperation through which we hope to achieve on-going and structured dialogue between civil society and UN Women at a regional level. (Civil society) advice and recommendations are currently assisting UN Women’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific shape its strategic approach for the coming years.”
The advisory group identified priority areas to strengthen and initiate, namely:
- Climate change and ecological degradation
- EVAW and its link to SRH
- Access to Justice (harmful cultural practices that hinder access to justice for women; access to resources)
- Macro-economic policies (investment, trade, fiscal policy – taxation-, land/resource allocations; extractive industries; accountability measures; measuring GDP etc)
- Addressing culture and GE (challenges and enabling factors)
- Migration
- Decent work and labour exploitation; informal economy
- Informal sector – markets –model for extension to other countries
- LGBT rights, sexuality
The advisory group with UN women staff
Furthermore, they gave inputs on developing sustainable development goals after 2015 in the areas of :
- Economic and ecological justice
- Advancing women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights and safety
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Further information can be had from the UN Women website at http://asiapacific.unwomen.org/