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 »
Israeli & Palestinian Women Call for End to Military Action & for Peace
Posted in Human Rights, Peace on January 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Dear friends– Beacuse women expreience the pain of conflict, The International Women’s Commission (IWC) which is an entity dedicated to bring together Palestinian, Israeli and international women to an end of the Israeli occupation and a just peace based on international law [including relevant UN resolutions], human rights and equality issued the following statement. “The [...]
