Women in Action articles from April 2005

Women in Action archives from April 2005

About this issue.
April 1, 2005... The 49th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) ended on March 11, 2005 with a strong and unconditional reaffirmation by a majority of the over 1,800 government delegates from 165 countries of the Beijing...

Revisiting the trafficking of women: issues and challenges since Beijing.(CHALLENGES: BEIJING & BEYOND)
April 1, 2005... Perhaps one of the most important issues to have received strong endorsement and action by the Beijing Conference is the issue of trafficking in women and children. Largely because of the lobbying efforts of women's groups in the last decade,...

Sex worker rights, abolitionism, and the possibilities for a riqhts-based approach to trafficking.(CHALLENGES: BEIJING & BEYOND)(Reprint)
April 1, 2005... What does a sex worker rights perspective say about the future of a rights-based approach to trafficking? Can a better appreciation of sex worker rights help defeat abolitionism in the global arena? Or does trafficking need to be abandoned as a...

Post-tsunami: seizing the moment: how APWW and the AP NGO Forum used the "Review of the BPFA" to strengthen the response of the international community to the needs of women and children affected by the tsunami.(CHALLENGES: BEIJING & BEYOND)(Asia Pacific Women's Watch, Asia Pacific Non-Government Organization Forum, Beijing Platform for Action)
April 1, 2005... On December 26, 2004, one of the greatest tragedies of modern times occurred. A gigantic earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra caused giant tidal waves to smash into coastlines around the Indian Ocean. A tsunami struck...

Women's influence on public policy and governance.(CHALLENGES: BEIJING & BEYOND)(Reprint)
April 1, 2005... In the past decade, women's visibility in and impact on public life has grown. Although the average proportion of women in national assemblies has only increased from nine per cent to almost 16 per cent in 16 countries, the proportion has...

Feminist perspectives on media.(CHALLENGES: BEIJING & BEYOND)
April 1, 2005... One of the most significant breakthroughs in the last century was the globalisation of the feminist agenda. In this connection, the event that caught the maximum world attention was the "Fourth World Conference on Women" held in Beijing in...

Leticia Ramos Shahani: lessons, leaps and linkages: the UN experience in retrospect.(SPECIAL FEATURE)(Biography)
April 1, 2005... Legislator. Educator. Diplomat. Journalist. International civil servant. Women's rights advocate. The outstanding career path of Leticia Ramos Shahani in the struggle for human rights and women's rights, both locally and internationally is,...

Beijing minus 7 plus 3.(BEIJING ASSESSMENT)
April 1, 2005... The first group of women I ran into were wearing green military uniforms. They were all in their late teens, chests out, shoulders back, with the kind of arrogance that only youth can exude. Their young shoulders were weighed down by badges and...

Beijing+10 Meets WTO+10; report on the National Consultative Forum-Philippines.(BEIJING ASSESSMENT)
April 1, 2005... The "National Consultative Forum on Beijing+10 Meets WTO+10" held on 09 December 2004 at Miriam College, Philippines was attended by 120 participants from 31 different trade and women's networks and organisations in the country. Together with...

How Beijing has been betrayed; WEDO's new book carries women's reports on how governments have failed to act on the BPFA.(Women's Environment and Development Organization)(Beijing Betrayed: Women Worldwide Report that Governments Failed to Turn the Platform into Action)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... The 49th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) in March 2005, New York focused on two key issues--the review of the implementation of the "Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA)" and the outcome documents of the special...

Canadian Woman Studies: Post-Beijing.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Canadian Woman Studies: Post-Beijing Summer 1996 (Volume 16, No. 3) This fascinating collection of essays, poems, personal narratives, and photographs commemorates progress and prospects for women's rights from the UN "Fourth World...

Beijing+10: Celebrating Gains, Facing New Challenges: A Report of Philippine NGOs.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Beijing+10: Celebrating Gains, Facing New Challenges: A Report of Philippine NGOs. by the Philippine NGO Beijing+10 Report Team February 2005 This reader-friendly special material is a compilation of Philippine women NGOs' assessments...

Asia-Pacific Post-Beijing implementation monitor, 1999 : Health.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Asia-Pacific Post-Beijing implementation monitor, 1999 : health. Edited by Vanessa Griffen This 1999 monitor provides an overview and analysis of implementation strategies of the BPFA in the Asia-Pacific region, with a special focus on...

Beijing! UN Fourth World Conference on Women.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Beijing! UN Fourth World Conference on Women by Anita Anand with Gouri Salvi The Beijing Conference in 1995 is, by far, the largest UN gathering, and is recalled by a mix of euphoria, excitement, fulfillment, despair, and frustration...

Beijing+10: South Asia NGO Regional Consultation Report.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Beijing+10: South Asia NGO Regional Consultation Report Edited by Dr. Gopal Khrisna Siwakoti This is a concise documentation report of a South Asia regional consultation workshop held in Nepal on 19-20 June 2004. The conference...

Gender Equality: Striving for Justice in an Unequal World.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Gender Equality: Striving for Justice in an Unequal World by the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) This report's analysis centres on the economic and political reforms of the 1990s, and is based on the...

Women Taking Action Locally and Globally: Beijing +10 Armed Conflict Lobby Document 2005.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Women Taking Action Locally & Globally: Beijing +10 Armed Conflict Lobby Document 2005 Edited by Carole Shaw The booklet is designed to assist women in lobbying and advocacy work in relation to women in armed conflict and the BPFA. It...

BPFA: Are We Really Getting There?(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... BPFA: Are We Really Getting There? Edited by Meena Shivdas Prepared for the UNESCAP "High Level Inter-governmental Meeting" held in Thailand, September 2004, this publication is geared towards assessing developments towards the...

Voices 2000 and Beyond Asia-Pacific Women's Lobbying Document for Beijing +5.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Voices 2000 and Beyond Asia-Pacific Women's Lobbying Document for Beijing +5 Edited by Eileen Pittaway This book is based on the report of the "Asia-Pacific NGO Symposium, Women 2000," Thailand, September 1999. The draft was the focus...

Mapping Progress: Assessing Implementation of the Beijing Platform 1998.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Mapping Progress: Assessing Implementation of the Beijing Platform 1998 by WEDO "Mapping Progress", based on a survey of governments and NGOs, is a report by the Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) on the...

Women's Asia 21 Voices from Japan: Rekindle the Movement Towards Beijing+10.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Women's Asia 21 Voices from Japan: Rekindle the Movement Towards Beijing+10 No. 14, Winter 2005 This issue of Women's Asia 21 examines the women's movement in Japan after the Beijing Conference. It looks into the "joint-gender...

Women's Agenda in the UN: To Beijing and Beyond.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Women's Agenda in the UN: To Beijing and Beyond Compiled for Shirkat Gah by Farida Shaheed and Insha Hamdani Based on information gathered from varying sources, ranging from official UN websites to NGO publications and documentations of...

Progress Report on the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Progress Report on the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action By Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region 6-14 October 2004. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia This report was submitted by the SADC Secretariat to the African...

Web resources.(ISIS RESOURCES)(Directory)
April 1, 2005... Here are some useful web resources on the Beijing+10 and related issues. 1. Resolution by women's media and information and communication organisations URL: Concerned that women and media issues were excluded from the BPFA+10, 14...