From: "Caroline Lambert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Friday 21 May 1999 the Women's Rights Action Network (WRANA) will host
the first Australian Tribunal on Women's Human's Rights at the Melbourne
Town Hall. The Tribunal will bring together a panel of ten to twelve women
who will present their personal stories. These stories will reflect on the
circumstances of some women's lives in Australia today. The testimonies
will be presented to a tribunal panel of three independent Members. In
conjunction with supporting research, the testimonies and panel statements
will form the basis of significant policy recommendations to the Australian
government and civil society and for education in the wider community. The
Tribunal is an opportunity for the Australian community to act together to
protect and promote the human rights of women.
Testimonies will be highlight themes raised in different chapters in the
Platform for Action, including older women, indigenous women, younger
women, refugee women, women workers, lesbian women, women prisoners, women
with disabilities, women and housing/poverty, violence against women and
rural services.
The Tribunal's objectives are to:
Document women's human rights abuses and violations in Australia, and
engage a broad range of women in advocacy for women's human rights;
Educate participants and the wider community about the human rights
mechanisms available to women in Australia; and
develop recommendations for member organisations, other Non-Government
organisations, human rights bodies, governments in domestic, regional and
international arenas, including recommendations pertaining to the five year
review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, to be held
in New York in June 2000.
If you would like to attend the Tribunal, keep your eyes open for posters.
If you would like to help us advertise the Tribunal please email
[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you would like to find out more about how
to help, please email the above address.
LL.VE
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