Mary Dairiam

Career

She has since 2004 served on the United Nations"s Gender Equality Task Force, and on the Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women. In 2010, Dairiam was appointed as one of three United Nations experts to lead an inquiry into the Israeli navy"s response to the Marmara flotilla that sought to break a blockade of Gaza.

Achievements

• 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.

Membership

From 2004 to 2008, she was also a member of the United Nations"s CEDAW committee, within which she was appointed Rapporteur in January 2007.