Newsletters 2009
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Disturbing international news – we can give you only a selection, for example on the situation of Pakistan and the process against Aung San Suu Kyi.
A lot of worldwide preparation too in this newsletter, all important for the position of women. On Climate Negotiations leading to Copenhagen, on the Economic Crisis and on Disaster Reduction. IAW is preparing the International Meeting in Switzerland and the issues of the Commissions on the Status of Women 2010.
At the end of the newsletter you will find a link to an interesting e-letter: a ‘Legal Eye’, on the International Criminal Court.
This time a longer and well written article on a resolution on religion, supported by IAW. If you like to read the resolution in full, just send mail to (iaw.newsletter@inter.nl.net) for an attachment. The article can also be seen as background to recent news on women’s human rights in Afghanistan and the Swat district in Pakistan.
Other issues are: a reminder of the IAW International Meeting in June in Switzerland, women's place in politics, illiteracy and education, recent appointments, the second IAW side event at CSW, equal sharing of responsibilities for the rural woman etc.
As usual you will find reports, events and actions at the end.
At the Commission on the Status of Women this year IAW’s presence was strong! We are proud and happy with the broadcast of the IAW side-event on ‘Climate Change Negotiations’. You will find a copy on www.womenalliance.org/Weblog.
The IAW letter, on the Taliban regime which destroyed girl’s schools and now is allowed to introduce Sharia law in the Swat district of Pakistan, got a lot of support from NGOs. More on CSW in the next newsletter.
Good news about more funding for UNDP and UNIFEM, and we are to have a UN Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues! But we are a bit worried about the funding of a new UN Women's Entity. As you can see, IAW is preparing for the three-yearly International Meeting in Switzerland – the program looks very interesting.
As always, you will find news on conferences, events, reports etc. at the end.
CSW is the top priority for IAW at the moment. We wish all the IAW members attending CSW constructive dialogues with the delegations of the UN member states and with other NGOs. Every CSW sees some (small) steps towards progress of the women’s movement worldwide!
We at home will be waiting with interest for reports. For instance on the side event sponsored by IAW and the Global Gender and Climate Alliance. Also on the result of the Open Letter on girls education IAW President Rosy Weiss is taking with her to CSW.
In this newsletter lots of news from the UN. We ask you to give special attention to the Global Report on Trafficking in Persons. The situation is alarming! Alarming also is the future of reducing hunger, as figures on the Hunger Index shows.
As always, you will find news on conferences, events, reports etc. at the end.
One of the 10 promises of Barack Obama as President of the United States has been set into motion: “Close the Guantanamo Bay detention center”. Please read the pledge of the new Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on acid attacks on girls and women. It is in line with the IAW action on the attacks and closing of schools for girls in the North of Pakistan.
At the other hand, there are also Imams (in Bangladesh) who are standing against all forms of violence against women at home, at school, at work or at street.
In this newsletter news and figures on AIDS in West-Africa. Orphaned children due to AIDS will certainly be one of the aspects of “Equal sharing of responsibility between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS”, the main issue of CSW.
IAW representatives have been doing good work at the Human Rights Council, the European Women's Lobby and the Council of the EU.
Other good new too: Sylvie Lucas of Luxembourg was elected as the 65th President of the United Nations (ECOSOC), the second woman to lead the Council.
Events, Publications and some interesting websites are, as usual, at the end of the newsletter.
