{"id":4964,"date":"2014-10-27T19:51:40","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T14:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/?p=4964"},"modified":"2014-10-27T19:51:40","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T14:21:40","slug":"expert-group-consultation-on-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/ta\/expert-group-consultation-on-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert Group Consultation on Equality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recognising the need for an in depth analysis and understanding of equality and non-discrimination, twenty of South Asia\u2019s gender specialists joined the deliberations in Colombo at the South Asia Expert Group Consultation held from the 13 \u2013 15 September 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Organised by Women and Media Collective (Sri Lanka) in partner with North East Network (India) and Forum on Women, Law and Development (India) the consultation focused on the progress made with respect to the equality of women and men as well as women\u2019s human rights in South Asia, taking into consideration the concept of substantive equality developed by CEDAW.<\/p>\n<p>At the consultation experts from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka raised the challenges faced with the implementation of substantive equality in South Asia. 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