Our Rights articles from July 2002

Our Rights archives from July 2002

Editorial.
July 1, 2002... The world Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), which took place in Johannesburg in August 2002 brought under the spotlight the interrelatedness of social, economic and environmental factors in achieving sustainable development. The women's...

Ageing ignored at World Summit.
July 1, 2002... The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) held in Johannesburg, South Africa in September 2002 brought the world together to work out ways to haul millions of people out of poverty without poisoning the world. The ten-day Summit...

Mainstreaming gender on the road to Johannesburg.
July 1, 2002... During PrepCom II for the World Summit on Sustainable I Development (WSSD) in New York in February 2001, women from every region of the world gathered each morning at the women's caucus to network and strategise. The idea of a women's...

Women's caucus statement and concerns.
July 1, 2002... In 1992, women from around the world took a comprehensive global platform to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.(UNCED). This platform was used to successfully lobby for an array of critical references to women in...

Lobbying for gender inclusiveness at the WSSD.
July 1, 2002... African women's NGOs participating in the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) hoped the ten-year anniversary of the Rio de Janeiro Summit (UNCED) would serve as a wake-up call on a wide range of development and sustainability issues....

Media and sustainable development: empowering the people through community radio.
July 1, 2002... Over the lest 12 years Africans have realised the power of the media. In the 1980s, there were less then 10 privately owned radio stations in the whole of Africa. Today this number likely exceed one thousand. Many of these are community radio...