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Beijing +15 - Fifteen-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action
At the Asia-Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing +15
Entitled, "Beyond the Crisis: Forging Ahead with Development Alternatives," the DAWN plenary at the AP-NGO Forum on Beijing+15 explored important debates and dilemmas in global governance, the nature of multilateralism, and the role of state and non-state actors that had been made sharper if not overtaken by the current crises as well as their implications on feminist politics and advocacies.
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NEWS
Selected news
Women’s rights under threat
Fri Nov 06 2009 - Source: WIDE
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), WIDE Network reminds the European Union about the importance and timeliness of CEDAW for women’s human rights and about the EU’s commitments to advance gender equality.
Beyond Bandung: awakening of the South
Fri Oct 30 2009 - Source: Pambazuka
Capitalism is in crisis, Samir Amin writes in Pambazuka News, creating new opportunities to challenge its imperialist dimensions.
UNICEF/Chile: stop violence against indigenous children
Fri Oct 30 2009 - Source: IPS
Reports of police violence against Mapuche children in the southern Chilean region of Araucanía prompted the country's UNICEF representative, Gary Stahl.
Using technology against gender-based violence
Wed Oct 28 2009 - Source: Take back the tech!
Take back the tech!, a global campaign that calls for ordinary ICT users to take control of technology to end violence against women is calling for 16 days of activism against gender-based violence from 25 November to 10 December 2009.
CAMPAIGNS
Justice now! ratify to protect all human rights
Sign-on: Request for civil society participation in IMF study on Financial Transactions Taxes

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Climate change
Climate change and Africa's natural resources
On the eve of the climate change summit in Copenhagen this December, momentum for action still falls far short of that needed to avert catastrophe. Africa will suffer consequences out of all proportion to its contribution to global warming, which is primarily caused by greenhouse gas emissions from wealthy countries.
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International Monetary Fund - IMF
Doing a decent job? IMF policies and decent work in times of crisis
Boosting equitable growth, meeting the most urgent needs of the poor, and laying the foundations for a robust development which creates decent work and benefits the poorest sectors of society should be the main goals of the funding provided to counter the effects of the crisis. However a new study raises strong doubts that IMF loans will have the intended positive effect on developing countries.
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Agriculture and food sovereignty
The state of food insecurity in the world 2009
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have published a joint report, “The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2009: Economic Crises- Impacts and Lessons Learned”, which documents the impact of the economic crises on global food insecurity, and highlights the need for immediate and sustainable responses to end hunger.
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