Women’s Rights and legal instruments focusing on gender justice are vital for women from the Central and Eastern European and Central Asian countries where the democratic mechanisms are not yet well grounded and both the decision makers as well as social actors are characterized by a lack of awareness about gender equality standards. Even if the national laws correspond with international women’s rights often the laws are not implemented due to the lack of political will and/or appropriate procedures. The KARAT’s Women’s Rights Program focuses on monitoring the implementation of international government commitments (e.g. CEDAW Convention, Beijing Platform for Action, and EU gender equality legal standards and policies). The specific projects and activities within this program include capacity building (e.g. on OP CEDAW); advocacy and lobbying at national, regional and international levels (Central and Eastern European and Central Asian countries, ECE, EU, UN) for the needs and concerns of women in the region; as well as strengthening the regional Coalition and building alliances with other networks/NGOs at European and global level to scale up the results in observing women’s rights. One of the sub-program has been focusing on labour rights of women.