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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> IWRAW Asia
Pacific [mailto:iwraw-ap@iwraw-ap.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 26, 2006
10:54 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> cedaw4change@list.iwraw-ap.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [cedaw4change] New
publication: the Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument (HeRWAI)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><strong><b><font
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color:#0B3478'>Please note that all queries should be directed to <<a
href="mailto:s.bakker@hom.nl">s.bakker@hom.nl</a>> or <</span></font><font
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><font size=2
color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#0B3478'>>> >> >> >>
>> >> >></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><strong><b><font
size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#0B3478'>New publication: </span></font></b></strong><b><font
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Arial;color:#0B3478;font-weight:bold'><br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>The Health Rights
of Women Assessment Instrument (HeRWAI)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></span></font></b></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><font size=2
color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#0B3478'>HeRWAI is a practical tool for organizations that want to bring
a human rights approach into practice. It contains practical guidance for a
rights based analysis of the influence of a policy on women’s health
rights. Through a HeRWAI analysis, organizations can link what actually happens
with what should happen according to the human rights obligations of a country.
The analysis includes local, national and international influences and is based
on the norms set by CEDAW and ICESCR. It results in practical recommendations
and an action plan to lobby for implementation of the recommendations.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0B3478'>HeRWAI is designed for
NGOs, in particular women’s organizations, health organizations and human
rights organizations. It helps them in a practical way in their advocacy to
make governments accountable for the implementation of women’s health
rights.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0B3478'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0B3478'>The purpose of the
HeRWAI impact assessment is to produce arguments which can be used to lobby for
policies that improve the implementation of women’s health rights. Using
HeRWAI to analyse a policy should help to:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0B3478'>- make a direct link
between the policy and relevant human rights issues;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0B3478'>- gain a better
understanding of the current situation;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0B3478'>- make an assessment
of the human rights impact of the policy, both now and in the future;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0B3478'>- form a conclusion
about what the government should do and what the organization can do to press
the government into action. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0B3478'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0B3478'>HeRWAI is developed by
the Humanist Committee on Human Rights, in close cooperation with Naripokkho in
<u1:country-region u2:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><u3:country-region u4:st="on">Bangladesh</u1:country-region></u3:country-region></st1:country-region>,
the Federation of Women Lawyers in <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on"><u5:place u6:st="on"><u5:country-region u6:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kenya</u5:country-region></u1:place></u1:place></u1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region>
(FIDA-Kenya), <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0B3478'>Servicio Integral para
la Mujer (Si Mujer) in Nicaragua, International Women’s Rights Action
Watch – Asia Pacific (IWRAW-AP) in Malaysia and Wemos in the Netherlands.
It is an innovative instrument because:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:#0B3478;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font
size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It provides a practical tool for rights based analysis<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:#0B3478;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font
size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It enables NGOs to analyse national as well as
international human rights responsibilities<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:#0B3478;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font
size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It integrates women’s rights (CEDAW) and health
rights (ICESCR)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:#0B3478;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font
size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It creates an additional way for NGOs to use Human
Rights treaties<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.5pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0B3478'>Four organizations in <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u7:country-region u8:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Pakistan</u1:country-region></u7:country-region></st1:country-region>,
<u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u7:country-region u9:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Kenya</u1:country-region></u7:country-region></st1:country-region>, <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u7:country-region u10:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Bangladesh</u1:country-region></u7:country-region></st1:country-region>
and the <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on"><u7:place u11:st="on"><u7:country-region u11:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Netherlands</u7:country-region></u1:place></u1:place></u1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region>
tested HeRWAI. The organizations concluded that HeRWAI is a strategic tool to
enhance their lobby activities. The instrument is user friendly; the users do
not need to be a researcher to do the analysis. The organizations valued the
link between health rights, women’s rights and human rights and noted
that it is good to have international law (commitments) as a starting point in
the discussion with the government. The instrument made them think of issues
they would not have thought of otherwise and look at issues from different
angles. Moreover, the rights based questions they asked created awareness among
policy makers and others whom they approach to collect information. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0B3478'>The tool itself is
largely self-explanatory. However, most organizations are not familiar with
this way of working. HOM therefore aims to support organizations that start
working with HeRWAI. For more information please contact <a
href="mailto:s.bakker@hom.nl">s.bakker@hom.nl</a> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0B3478'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0B3478'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0B3478'>To download the
document, go to </span></font><font size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0B3478'><a
href="http://www.hom.nl/publicaties/HeRWAI%20def05%20totaal.pdf"><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.hom.nl/publicaties/HeRWAI%20def05%20totaal.pdf</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0B3478'>To order hard copies
of HeRWAI, contact HOM via</span></font><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font
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size=2 color="#0b3478" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
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