The expert group meeting followed up on an expert group meeting held in May 2008 in Vienna on good practices in legislation on violence against women. Members of that meeting produced a model framework for legislation on violence against women, including recommendations, commentaries and examples of good practices in legislation on violence against women. The May 2009 meeting in Ethiopia continued the work of the previous expert group meeting by expanding on its recommendations for legislation on violence against women. 

The Background and Expert papers may be accessed by clicking on the links below.

Background Papers

EGM/GPLVAW/2009/BP
Background paper for the Expert Group Meeting on good practices in legislation to address harmful practices against women
prepared by the Division for the Advancement of Women

Expert Papers

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.01
Legislation to address the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM)
prepared by Berhane Ras-Work

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.02
Tackling honour in the aftermath with a good practice
prepared by Leylâ Pervizat

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.03
Honour killings and the quest for justice in black and minority ethnic communities in the UK / Moving toward a “multiculturalism without culture”: constructing a victim-friendly human rights approach to forced marriage in the UK
prepared by Aisha Gill

EGM/GPLVAW/2009/EP.04
Legal analysis of the legislation regulating relations in protection of women from violence in Kyrgyzstan
prepared by Ruslan Khakimov

EGM/GPLVAW/2009/EP.05
The CEDAW convention and harmful practices against women: The work of the CEDAW Committee
prepared by Dorcas Coker-Appiah

EGM/GPLVAW/2009/EP.06
Harmful practices against women in India: An examination of selected legislative responses
prepared by Asmita Basu

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.07
Harmful traditional practices against women and legislation
prepared by Morissanda Kouyaté

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.08
Forced and early marriage in Central and Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union Countries
prepared by Cheryl Thomas

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.09
Overview of legislation in the European Union to address female genital mutilation, challenges and recommendations for the implementation of laws
prepared by Els Leye and Alexia Sabbe

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.10
Effectiveness of legislation enacted to address harmful practices against women in Uganda, including maltreatment of widows and female genital mutilation
prepared by Dora C. Kanabahita Byamukama

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.11a
Considerations of domestic or family violence in selected Arab Nations
prepared by Sherifa Zuhur

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.11b
Considerations of honor crimes, FGM, kidnapping/rape, and early marriage in selected Arab nations
prepared by Sherifa Zuhur

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.12
Harmful traditional practices in Europe: Judicial interventions
prepared by Carole Ageng’o

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.13
The efficiency of legislation enacted to face harmful acts against women in Latin America and the Caribbean
prepared by Liliana Silva Miguez

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.14
Good practices in legislation to address harmful practices against women in Pakistan
prepared by Shahnaz Bokhari

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.15
Harmful practices against women in Pacific Island Countries: Customary and conventional laws
prepared by Imrana Jalal

EGM/GPLHP/2009/EP.16
Legal approaches, reforms, different areas of laws, assessment of the effectiveness of particular legal framework/provisions, lesson learned, good practices & highlighted promising practices in Bangladesh
prepared by Salma Ali

Compiled from: “Expert Group Meeting: Good practices in legislation to address harmful practices against women, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 25 to 28 May 2009,” The United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (June 2009).