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Beijing
+ 10
49th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
28 February to 11 March 2005
Updates
- March 17, 2005:
ECOSOC Roundtable 5: Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. This speech was given by Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, as part of a panel organized by UNIFEM to look at what contribution the Millennium Summit +5 Review, to be held in September in New York, could make to forwarding gender equality and women’s empowerment in the context of the Beijing +10 Review recently concluded in New York.
- March 11, 2005: Turning Promises into Progress: Statement of the Linkage Caucus From the 49th Session of the CSW
- March 9, 2005: Statement From WICEJ Members on the Urgent Need for the CSW to Adopt an Intersectional Approach to Women's Equality
- March 4, 2005: Press release: Women's Leaders Welcome U.S. Decision To Rejoin Global Consensus for Women's Human Rights
- March 4, 2005:
Explanation of Position by the United States Representative to the Commission on the Status of Women Ambassador Ellen Sauerbrey, at the 49th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women http://www.un.int/usa/05_039.htm
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March 4, 2005: BEIJING +10 NEWS ALERT!!! THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN UNEQUIVOCALLY REAFFIRMS THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION!
US WITHDRAWS ITS ANTI-SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AMENDMENT!!!
Earlier today, the United States failed to break solid international consensus supporting reaffirmation of the Beijing Platform for Action, and withdrew its controversial proposed amendment to the Draft Declaration of the Beijing +10 proceedings currently taking place in New York. The US language sought to “reaffirm that the Beijing Platform and the outcome of the 23rd Special Session of the General Assembly (Beijing +5) “do not create new international human rights and do not include the right to abortion.” The US decision to withdraw its anti-human rights amendment marks a significant victory in support of women’s human rights worldwide.
Although the US delegation did not have the public support of any member state, they had refused to join the consensus that had formed in support of the Draft as it had been issued by the Bureau of the Commission on the Status of Women. In a remarkable show of solidarity, countries across all regions have resisted US pressure to break consensus, and have stood together in support of the full range of women’s human rights as laid out in the Beijing Platform.
The Declaration, which reaffirms the Beijing Platform and the Beijing +5 outcome document, was adopted at 5pm this afternoon at the Commission on the Status of Women.
Global Week of Action: Beijing and Beyond (March 1-8, 2005)
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women's rights activists across the globe in the Global Week
of Action for Women's Rights, taking place from March 1-8, 2005
during the official Beijing +10 review. For more information,
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Additional Calls to Action
CWGL
Featured Events
- THURSDAY,
MARCH 3, 2005 (3-4:30pm) Church Ctr, 8th Fl (Boss Room): Defending
Women's Human Right's Defenders, Asia Pacific Forum on Women,
Law and Development (APWLD), Center for Women's Global Leadership
(CWGL), Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML), Amnesty International,
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC),
Isis-WICCE, FORUM-ASIA, and CLADEM.
- SATURDAY,
MARCH 5, 2005 (10am-1pm) Church Ctr, 2nd Fl: Due Diligence
and Violence Against Women, Amnesty International and Center for
Women's Global Leadership.
- MONDAY,
MARCH 7, 2005 (6:15-8:30pm) Church Ctr, 2nd Fl: Holding onto
the Promise: Future Directions for Women's Human Rights, a symposium
celebrating past achievements of the women's human rights movement
and advancing a feminist critique and agenda for the 21st century,
Center for Women's Global Leadership with the Global Fund for
Women, co-sponsored by Amnesty International, AWID, IGLHRC, INFORM,
and WLUML.
- WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 9, 2005 (6:30- 8:30pm) Church Ctr: Written Out 2005:
Sexuality-Baiting and Attacks on Women's Organizing, CWGL and
IGLHRC.
Co-Sponsored Activities
- MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 28, 2005 (5-6pm) UN Alphabet Room: Linkage Caucus,
CWGL, Development Alternatives With Women For a New Era (DAWN),
and Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO).
- WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 2, 2005 (5-6pm) UN Alphabet Room: Linkage Caucus, CWGL,
DAWN, and WEDO.
- THURSDAY,
MARCH 3, 2005 (12:30-2:30pm) UN Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium:
Women and AIDS, UNAIDS Global Coalition on Women and AIDS.
- THURSDAY,
MARCH 3, 2005 (1:15-2:45pm) Church Ctr, 11th Fl (Hardin Room):
Using Human Rights to Evaluate Anti-Trafficking Strategies, Sex
Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center, IGLHRC, Network of
Sex Work Projects, CWGL and Columbia School of Public Health,
Law and Policy Project.
- THURSDAY,
MARCH 3, 2005 (6:30-8pm) Church Ctr, 10th Fl: Women on the
Move: Sex Work, Safe Migration, and Human Rights, Sex Workers
Project of the Urban Justice Center, IGLHRC, Network of Sex Work
Projects, CWGL and Columbia School of Public Health, Law and Policy
Project.
- FRIDAY,
MARCH 4, 2005 (5-6pm) UN Alphabet Room: Linkage Caucus, CWGL,
DAWN, and WEDO.
- SUNDAY,
MARCH 6, 2005 (8pm-midnight) 199 Bowery Street at Spring, at BLVDNYC
(http://www.blvdnyc.com):
Launching of Global Call for Action Against Poverty, Action Aid,
AWID, CWGL, CLADEM, INFORM Sri Lanka, ICFTU, IGTN, IWHC, Red de
Educacion Popular Entre Mujeres, Sancharika Samuha (Women's Media
Forum) Nepal, WEDO, and WICEJ.
- MONDAY,
MARCH 7, 2005 (5-6pm) UN Alphabet Room: Linkage Caucus, CWGL,
DAWN, and WEDO.
- WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 9, 2005 (5-6pm) UN Alphabet Room: Linkage Caucus, CWGL,
DAWN, and WEDO.
- THURSDAY,
MARCH 10, 2005 (1:15pm-2:45pm) Church Ctr: Bringing Human
Rights Home: Implementing CEDAW, CERD Standards in NYC, Urban
Justice Center Human Rights Project, CWGL, and others.
- THURSDAY,
MARCH 10, 2005 (5-6pm) UN Alphabet Room: Linkage Caucus, CWGL,
DAWN, and WEDO.
Other Events of Interest
- MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 28, 2005 (3-4:30pm) Church Ctr, 10th Fl: Towards
Gender Justice & Peace in Colombia: Working Women Highlight
Their Struggles, ICFTU, co-sponsored by WICEJ.
- MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 28, 2005 (6-8pm) Millennium UN Plaza Hotel: Global
V-Day Campaign for Justice to "Comfort Women," V-Day
and the Korean Council for Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery.
- MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 28, 2005 (6-8pm) Church Ctr: Immigrant Domestic Workers:
Advocacy and Organizing, International Women's Human Rights Law
Clinic, Global Rights, and the ACLU.
- TUESDAY,
MARCH 1, 2005 (9:30am-5pm) Church Ctr, 2nd Fl (Plaza Room):
Leading
to Change: Eliminating Violence Against Women in Muslim Societies,
Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) and United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA).
- TUESDAY,
MARCH 1, 2005 (3pm) NY Society for Ethical Culture, First Floor
Concert Hall, 2 West 64th (at Central Park West): Public Program,
National Council for Research on Women.
- TUESDAY,
MARCH 1, 2005 (3-4:30pm) Church Ctr, 8th Fl (Boss Room): Working
Women's Voices on the Beijing Platform and Decent Work, ILO and
Global Unions, co-sponsored by WICEJ, focus on Section F of platform,
Women & the Global Economy.
- THURSDAY,
MARCH 3, 2005 (1:15pm-2:45pm) Church Ctr, 8th Fl: CSW-NGO
committee training session, The Unfinished Beijing Agenda: Gender
and Race/Ethnicity/Caste Intersections, WICEJ.
- FRIDAY,
MARCH 4, 2005 (1:15pm-2:45pm) Church Ctr, 2nd Fl: Launch of
Developing Power: How Women Transformed the International Agenda,
Feminist Press, Huairou Commission, INSTRAW, National Council
for Research on Women, UN Division for the Advancement of Women,
UNIFEM, NY Metro Committee for UNIFEM/US, Women, INK., Women's
World Banking, Zonta International.
- MONDAY,
MARCH 7, 2005 (1:15-2:45pm) Church Ctr, 2nd Fl (Grumman Room):
In Women's Hands: A Film on Women, HIV and Hope, Global Campaign
for Microbicides and International Planned Parenthood Federation.
- MONDAY,
MARCH 7, 2005 (2-4pm) Hunter College, 17th Fl, East Building,
68th St and Lexington Ave: International Dialogue: Younger
Women's Perspectives on Organizing for Change, NCRW.
- TUESDAY,
MARCH 8, 2005 (1-3pm) Times Square to the UN, Dag Hammarskjold
Plaza: Women Demand Peace and Equality! An International Women's
Day March and Rally. Stand in solidarity with the women of New
York and the world against war and militarism, and in support
of women's rights! CODEPINK and a coalition of NYC women's and
progressive groups.
Charlotte Bunch Speaking Engagements
- SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 26, 2005 (9:35am) Church Ctr, 8th Fl (Boss Room):
Bringing Indigenous Perspectives to the International Arena, An
Indigenous Women's Conference, International Indigenous Women's
Forum.
- SUNDAY,
FEBRUARY 27, 2005 (12:30pm) Barnard College, West 117th and Broadway:
NGO Consultation: What's at Stake in Beijing + 10 Process.
- MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 28, 2005 (3-6pm) UN Headquarters: High-level Panel
Innovations in Institutional Arrangements for Promoting Gender
Equality at National Level, Division for the Advancement of Women.
NGO respondent: Charlotte Bunch, Executive Director, Center for
Women's Global Leadership.
- MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 28, 2005 (6-8pm) Millennium UN Plaza Hotel: Global
V-Day Campaign for Justice to "Comfort Women," V-Day
and the Korean Council for Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery.
- TUESDAY,
MARCH 1, 2005 (1:30-3pm) Church Ctr, 2nd Fl (Plaza Room):
Leading
to Change: Eliminating Violence Against Women in Muslim Societies,
Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) and United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA).
- WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 2, 2005 (1:15-2:45pm) Conference Room 1: Countering
Trafficking in Women and Girls: Building a More Effective System
of Cooperation among Governmental, Intergovernmental and Non-Governmental
Organizations Ministry of Gender Equality of the Republic of Korea.
- THURSDAY,
MARCH 3, 2005 (12:30-2:30pm) UN Alphabet Room: Women and AIDS,
UNAIDS Global Coalition on Women and AIDS.
- SATURDAY,
MARCH 5, 2005 (10am-1pm) Church Ctr, 2nd Fl: Due Diligence
and Violence Against Women, Amnesty International and Center for
Women's Global Leadership.
- MONDAY,
MARCH 7, 2005 (6:15-8:30pm) Church Ctr, 2nd Fl: Holding onto
the Promise: Future Directions for Women's Human Rights, a symposium
celebrating past achievements of the women's human rights movement
and advancing a feminist critique and agenda for the 21st century,
Center for Women's Global Leadership with the Global Fund for
Women, co-sponsored by Amnesty International, AWID, IGLHRC, and
WLUML.
- TUESDAY,
MARCH 8, 2005 (1:15-2:45pm) Conference Room 3 : Reflecting on Women's Progress: Protecting Our Gains; Accelerating Change, UNIFEM.
Official Site
- Review and Appraisal of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the Outcome Document of the Twenty-third Special Session of the General Assembly http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/Review
UN Regional Meetings
Past UN Regional Meetings
- UNECE
Regional Preparatory Meeting: The Economic Commission of Europe
recently met in Geneva to discuss both implementation of the Beijing
Platform for Action and plans for the Beijing +10 review (to be
held in March 2005). While government delegations met on December
14th and 15th, an NGO Forum was held for two days prior to the
official governmental meeting. Four general topics were addressed
in both meetings: Women and the Economy, Institutional Mechanisms,
Trafficking and Emerging Issues. The Center for Women’s Global
Leadership convened the “Emerging Issues” section of
the NGO Forum. In that session, participants were asked to identify
and meet in small groups to discuss critical issues that were
either not represented well in the Beijing PFA or which have emerged
since 1995 as important areas of concern. Among the topics addressed
in the NGO Forum Emerging Issues session were: Militarism, Fundamentalisms,
Sexual Rights, HIV/AIDS, Information/Communications/Technology
and Public Services. Participants also noted the concerns of particular
constituencies, including Romany, Indigenous, lesbian and bisexual,
younger and older women, women with disabilities and widows.
Two reports from the NGO Emerging Issues session are linked below:
the first is a short report that is included as part of the official
NGO annex to the ECE government report; the second is a longer
version of the same report, and contains richer detail about participants’
concerns. Text in both versions comes in large part from the working
groups themselves. In addition, Executive Director, Charlotte
Bunch delivered a short presentation on Emerging Issues during
the governmental session. Her speech is linked below, as well.
Documents
from UNECE Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 10-year review
of Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (Beijing
+10), 14-15 December 2004, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Although
the United States delegation to the ECE meeting joined consensus
in support of the Chair’s Statement, the US issued an Explanation
of Position (EOP) during the closing session of the meeting.
In its two-page statement, the US comments on abortion, sexual
rights, abstinence, fidelity, “quotas”, and parents’
rights. Text of the US ECE statement closely parallels US Explanations
of Position from other recent Beijing+10 and ICPD+10 UN regional
meetings. The US sought to have their EOP included in the ECE
conference report as an annex. See U.S. EXPLANATION OF POSITION
December 14-15, 2004; ECE, Geneva http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/policy/b10/USECEexplanation.rtf
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Documents
from the 7th African Regional Conference on Women, 14 October
2004 (WiLDAF West Africa) http://www.wildaf-ao.org/eng/Beijing10.htm
- Statement
of the Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing +10, Salaya, Nakornpathom,
Thailand, 3 July 2004 (WIDE) http://www.eurosur.org/wide/Newsletter/2004_News_7+8.pdf
CSW Bureau and Commission
Members
- CSW
Bureau Members:
Ms. Kyung-wha Kang (Republic of Korea), Chairperson
Ms. Marine Davtyan (Republic of Armenia), Vice Chairperson
Ms. Tebatso Future Baleseng (Botswana), Vice Chairperson
Ms. Beatrice Maille (Canada), Vice Chairperson
Ms. Romy Tincopa (Peru), Vice Chairperson
- Commission
Members:
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/members.PDF
Economic Commission Members
Resources
- United Nations
- NGO
- Global Center Documents
- 2005
CSW Review of the Beijing Platform for Action (Beijing +10):
NGO Discussions at the 48th Session of the Commission on the
Status of Women, 1-12 March 2004, Report from the Center
for Women's Global Leadership, the NGO Committee on the Status
of Women, and the Women's Environment and Development Organization
(PDF)
(Microsoft
Word)
- Beijing
+ 10 Review: A Feminist Strategy for 2004-05, A Working Paper
for NGOS on How to Move Forward,
March 2004 (PDF)
(Microsoft
Word)
- Fifth
World Conference on Women and the 2005 CSW Review of the Beijing
Platform for Action, Discussions by NGOs at the 47th Session
of the Commission on the Status of Women, 3-14 March 2003,
by the Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL), the Conference
of NGOs (CONGO), the European Women's Lobby and the Women's
Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) (PDF)
- Comisión
sobre la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer
(CSW) en el 2005 Revisión de la Plataforma de Acción
de Beijing (Beijing +10)
Discusiones de las ONG en la 48ava Sesión de la CSW,
1 al 12 de marzo del 2004, Informe del Centro para el Liderazgo
Global de la Mujer, el Comité de ONG para la CSW y
la Organización de Mujeres en Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
(WEDO) (PDF)
(Microsoft
Word)
- Revisión
de Beijing + 10: Una estrategia feminista para 2004-05 Documento
de trabajo para ONG sobre cómo avanzar, March 2004
(PDF)
(Microsoft
Word)
- MDGs
- The following paper by journalist and former New York Times
UN reporter Barbara Crossette discusses the history of the
UN Millennium Development Goals in relation to the omission
of references to reproductive health. The paper traces the
development of the MDGs in a climate increasingly hostile
to women's sexual and reproductive rights and health, and
tracks controversies surrounding inclusion of references to
reproductive rights that had been approved by governments
in the 1990s at the International Conference on Population
and Development (Cairo) and the Fourth World Conference on
Women (Beijing). The paper was commissioned by the Hewlett
Foundation, and issued in December of 2004. "Reproductive
Health and the Millennium Development Goals: The Missing Link"
by Barbara Crossette
Past UN Events
- United
Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children, New York,
New York 2002
- United
Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS, New York,
New York 2001
- Millennium
Summit, New York, New York 2000
- United
Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China 1995
- International
Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, Egypt 1994
- United
Nations World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, Austria 1993
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