The CSW 54 ended with lingering questions crying out for answers.
Were there any commitments to protect the universality of women’s rights, including sexual and reproductive rights?
Was there any significant progress on the proposal to set up a separate U.N. agency – officially called a gender entity – for women?
And were there any indications of increased funding for gender-related issues, including resources to battle sexual violence?
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54th Session on the UN Commission on the Status of Women Progress but Huge Political Challenges Ahead
Posted in Economic Justice, Education & Training, Environment, Health, Human Rights, Institutional Mechanisms, Media, Peace, Poverty, Power Sharing, Read before blogging, The Girl Child, Violence, tagged Beijing Plus 15, CSW, feminism, health, Human Rights, women rights on July 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Congratulations President Elect Obama!
Posted in Institutional Mechanisms on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
… and congratulations to all of you who GOT OUT THE VOTE and worked hard the past eight years to keep hope alive and who stayed at your ‘post’ through thick and thin, floods and wars, with and without resources. You were a force behind the tsunami that turned this country around! We can now [...]
