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Beijing +15 - Fifteen-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action
Putting gender economics at the forefront
It is time to put an end to the gender blindness of current economic policies concludes a new occasional paper by the international civil society network Social Watch entitled “Putting gender economics at the forefront. 15 years after the IV World Conference on Women”. The publication is launched March 9 2010 in New York to mark the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
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UN reform
The FutureUN project: Global survey on the future of the UN Development System
The FutureUN project intends to examine the future of the United Nations Development System. The project has arisen from a recognition that the 30 agencies of the UN Development System have lived through several decades of a fast-changing global environment and will need to adapt to the new realities, challenges and actors. The project is being launch by conducting a short global survey.
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Lesbian Movements: Ruptures & Alliances
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"Challenge is to bring together human rights and social justice"
Fri Mar 12 2010 - Source: Pacific Gender Action Portal
We are facing a “fierce new world”, with massive political and economic instability, says feminist activist Gita Sen speaking at a panel at the CSW meeting in New York. This instability, and the connections between militarization, economic crisis, food insecurity, violence, climate change and a rollback on sexual rights, hits women the hardest.
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.

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