Follow the discussions and debates at Beijing + 15
Tue Mar 02 2010 - Source:
AWID
As UN Member States and women's rights advocates and organizations from all over the world gather in New York for this event, AWID will be bringing Beijing + 15 to you, wherever you are in the world.
2010 NGO global forum for women: Beijing +15
Thu Feb 25 2010 - Source:
NGOCSW
2010 marks the 15th anniversary of the Beijing World Conference on Women. Women's movements around the world will gather at the NGO Global Women’s Forum 27-28 February in New York prior to the UN event to consider implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
US airstrike kills Afghan civilians
A US air strike killed dozens of civilians in Afghanistan’s central Uruzgan Province Sunday, while to the south a US ground offensive in the Helmand Province town of Marjah ground through its second week, producing growing casualties and the threat of a humanitarian disaster.