Mary Shanthi Dairiam

Mary Shanthi Dairiam
Born	September 17, 1939(1939-09-17)
Nationality	Malaysian
Occupation	United Nations official
Known for	Human rights and women's rights advocate

Mary Shanthi Dairiam (born 17 September 1939)^[1] is a Malaysian human rights and women's rights advocate and United Nations (UN) official. She has since 2004 served on the UN's Gender Equality Task Force,^[2] and on the Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women.^[3] From 2004 to 2008 she was also a member of the UN's CEDAW committee,^[4] within which she was appointed Rapporteur in January 2007.^[5]

Dairiam was in 2010 appointed as one of three UN experts to lead an inquiry into the Israeli navy's response to the Marmara flotilla that sought to break a blockade of Gaza.^[6]

Dairiam is the founder and a current director of International Women's Rights Action Watch - Asia Pacific, a charity devoted to the implementation of the CEDAW convention.^[7]

References

1. ^ "Mary Shanthi Dairiam (Malaysia)" (pdf). Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/docs/memberscv/MaryShanthiDairiam.pdf. Retrieved 22 October 2010. 
2. ^ Horn, Jordana (24 July 2010). "UN to investigate Marmara events". Jerusalem Post. http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=182424. 
3. ^ "Significant progress made, but gender stereotyping still major obstacle to equality in Jamaica, women’s anti-discrimination committee told". United Nations. 11 August 2006. http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/wom1577.doc.htm. Retrieved 22 October 2010. 
4. ^ "International Expert Leads High Level Anti-Discrimination Forum for Royal Government of Cambodia". UNIFEM. 27 February 2009. http://www.unifem-eseasia.org/projects/Cedaw/countryprogramme_cambodia.html. Retrieved 22 October 2010. 
5. ^ "UN Committee Monitoring Compliance - Women's Anti-Discrimination Treaty". United Nations. 15 January 2007. http://newsblaze.com/story/20070115151948tsop.nb/topstory.html. 
6. ^ "Israel rejects findings of UN rights probe of Gaza flotilla raid". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 23 September 2010. http://www.rferl.org/content/Israel_Rejects_Findings_Of_UN_Rights_Probe_Of_Gaza_Flotilla_Raid/2165779.html. 
7. ^ "Timor-Leste's Delegation to Present First State Report at CEDAW's 44th Session". UNIFEM. 7 July 2009. http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=898. Retrieved 22 October 2010. 

External links

• Vita at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Interview with Dairiam for the Association for Women's Rights in Development

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Name	Dairiam, Mary Shanthi
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Date of birth	17 September 1939
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