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Report on the South East Asia
Regional Judicial Colloquium
On the Role of Judiciary

in Promoting Gender Equality

25-27 October 2007
Chiang Mai, Thailand

Meeting Summary

UNIFEM in collaboration with Chiang Mai University, Thailand, organized a regional meeting
on the role of the judiciary in promoting gender equality. The colloquium aimed to promote the
role of judges in the implementation of CEDAW, to create awareness among judges on the need
for gender sensitivity and gender responsiveness in the justice system, and to promote
capacity building at the national and regional level for a gender responsive judiciary.

Nineteen Justices and 5 high-level officials in judicial training institutions from Cambodia,

Indonesia, Lao PDR, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam, attended the meeting
and shared their thoughts on gender equality in judiciary practices. With the support of three
experts on gender equality education for judiciary, participants were introduced to some of
the methodologies of a successful judicial equality education programme in South Asia and
discussed the possibility of initiating such a programme in their countries. Also, representatives
from selected NGOs and academics working on womenûs rights were present and contributed
to discussions.