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The UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women meets with NGO's from the Czech Women's Lobby
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women met on 11th of October 2010 with non-governmental organizations
to discuss the situation of the rights of women in the Czech Republic, Malta and Uganda.
As part of its work, the Committee invites NGO's and national human rights institutions to provide information and documentation relevant to the Committee’s activities. This is the second of two meetings the Committee has held with civil society groups this session.
Alexandra Jachanova Dolezelova, who is the chair of Czech Women’s Lobby, raised the issue of women’s participation in political and public life and in decision making processes, especially deploring the under-representation of women in the Czech Government and parliament. There is no woman in the Czech Government. Also of particular concern was the situation of women in the labour market, and the situation of migrant women and of minority women.
The other issue raised in the Shadow report submitted by the Czech Women's Lobby are trafficking in women and lack of legal provisoins to ensure promotion and implementation of gender equality.
Concerning human trafficking, the Czech Women's Lobby points out there is no national action plan concerning human trafficking and there is not much cooperation on the international level in this regard.
In terms of the office of the Minister of Gender Equality, this position was cancelled after the last election so there is no longer a Minister of Gender Equality and the office that deals with these issues only has four employees with no real power so there is really no office that is addressing gender rights or human rights.
Related documents:
- Full Shadow report of the Czech Women's Lobby
- Oral Statement precented to te CEDAW Comittee
- CEDAW website
Contact:
Alexandra Jachanová Doleželová, alexandra.jachanova@genderstudies.cz, + 420 777 132 417
Eva Kavková,eva.kavkova@ekscr.cz, +420 774 454 560
