STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE EAST-ASIAN REGIONAL NETWORK FOR YEARS 1999- 2002
 
ULAANBAATAR. MONGOLIA.                                                                                                                 SEPTEMBER, 1998

MISSION
	
SWOT	
STRATEGIC	
POSSIBILITIES	
ACTION PLAN 	

1.	To promote the international  Women’s Human Rights activities in East-Asian countries.
2.	To build the monitoring and training network activities towards improvement of the CEDAW implementation in East-Asian countries.
3.	To influence to the promotion of the Women’s Human Right’s status under the CEDAW in East-Asian countries.
4.	To influence to the promotion of the Women’s Human Rights status in the world through the East-Asian Women’s NGOs activities on Women and Gender Equality.

	
Strengths:
•	Existing of the strong Women’s NGOs that are concerned to improve Women’s Human Rights status  in this region;
•	Statement of the Women’s NGOs on intolerance of any discrimination against women from the 3rd East-Asian Forum;
•	Recognition of the Women’s NGOs on continuing of networking activities and taking concerned action where necessary;
Weaknesses:
•	Finance resources are not founded yet.
•	Taiwan is not acceed the CEDAW;
•	Chinese Women’s NGOs could not be involved in monitoring activities under the CEDAW.
Opportunities:
•	The Women’s NGOs in East-Asian region able to be contacted;
•	The East-Asian CEDAW Watch Network has possibilities to get the technical and human resource assistance from IWRAW-Asia Pacific;
•	Existing of the Resolution and Action Plan to 2000 from the Forum is as a basic document on collaboration  
Threads: 
•	Non-existing of the national wide networks under the CEDAW in many countries in this region except of Mongolia;

Step 1.
•	Training of trainers at various levels in East-Asian countries;
Step 2.
•	Writing of country’s reports  on fulfillment of the State obligations towards gender equality and women’s human rights under the CEDAW;
Step 3.
•	Conducting of the regional and international conferences on promoting of women’s human rights status under the CEDAW;
Step 4.
•	Organizing of the international actions on improving women’s human rights status in East-Asian countries as well as in other regions in the world;	
•	To use modern communication supplies in coordination and collaboration of the women’s NGOs activities in this region;
•	To use the previous practices and skills to organize the monitoring and training activities of the Mongolian CEDAW Watch Network;
•	To use the technical and human resource assistance from the IWRAW-Asia Pacific on monitoring and training activities under the CEDAW;
•	To use the finance resources of the world and international foundations that are willing to support women’s human rights activities.	
TOT

1.	Information changes.
2.	Sharing ideas.
3.	Sending TOT materials to the Women’s NGOs.
4.	Conducting of the TOT at the national and regional levels.
5.	Evaluation of the TOT

Researches

•	Collecting data and information on the priority issues in each East-Asian country.
•	 Analyzing of the collected materials;
•	Working out the frameworks and outlines to write reports;
•	Searching funds for  the reports and researches.
•	Conducting of the conferences on country’s reports.

Communication:
•	To be connected by the Internet mail and Internet Network;
•	To hold internet discussions on women’s human rights issues;

Practical actions
•	Supporting some practical actions that will be organized in each East-Asian country on women’s human rights.