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Building a movement: Human Rights Impact Assessment and
Women’s Rights
AWID conferenceBy Aim for human rights
From theory to practice
• We all know about human rights standards, but how do you apply them in practice?
• Especially women’s human rights?
Human Rights Impact Assessment• Purpose HRIA: Develop methods and instruments that
measure the impact of policies, programmes, projects and interventions on human rights
• Based on: International Human Rights Treaties• Characteristics HRIA
– Means to make an analysis – Resource for lobby and/or
monitoring– Can be done before/during or after
Aim works on…
• Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument
• Human Rights Compliance Instrument on Domestic Violence
• Assessing Human Rights compliance of Anti-trafficking measures
Human rights impact assessment• More knowledge on the effects of activities
and policies
• Better focusing of human rights efforts of governments, NGOs and businesses
• Evidence based advocacy
• Democratic control; accountability
Aim for human rights @ [location]@ [date]
6/6
Where (bad) policies hit the hardest…
HeRWAI
Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument
OrHer Way!
Challenges & successes
• Development & roll out• Time & resources• Language of the instruments
• Worldwide application• Leads to change • User friendly
Movement building
• Potential to exchange and compare and learn from each other
• Training of trainers• Multiplier effect
– user’s motivate user’s – user’s become co-developers
Questions?
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More information…
Marije NederveenProgram officer Women’s Human RightsFocal point HeRWAI
e-mail: [email protected]
Loeky DroesenProgram officer Women’s Human RightsFocal point Domestic Violence e-mail: [email protected]