Author: watchthedot
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Economic Empowerment and Gender Equality
The second week at CSW is usually less packed with parallel events. However, these important events continued to address crucial aspects for gender equality. I was especially interested in the aspect of economic empowerment. Improving and accelerating the economic empowerment of women leads to gender equality and the better status of women within society. This…
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The close of CSW: Friends made, acquaintances renewed and knowledged gained
So we reach the end of the CSW55: friends made, acquaintances renewed and so much knowledge gained. Having arrived slightly later than others from the SI delegation, I was on a swift learning curve as I attended Official UN sessions and the Parallel events organised by the affiliated NGOs. It was just wonderful to arrive…
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The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
Here at CSW 55 reference is often made to CEDAW. The 1979 United Nations "Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women" (CEDAW), which entered into force as an international treaty on 3 September 1981, can properly be considered a sui generis bill of rights for women, a 30-article road map for putting an end to something…
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How do we pass from rhetoric to action?
This was the question asked by Michelle Bachelet, head of UN Women, at a conference held by the Women’s Learning Partnership during CSW 55. Women from all over the world were sharing their experiences and their thoughts for the future of women’s rights and gender equality in the light of the different circumstances in which women…
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Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food – Annual Report to the UN
At its fifty-sixth session, the Commission on Human Rights adopted resolution 2000/10 of 17 April 2000, in which it decided to appoint, for a period of three years, a Special Rapporteur on the right to food in order to better respond to the necessity for an integrated and coordinated approach to the promotion and protection…
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Report on the 49th Session for the Commission for Social Development
The 49th Sessions for the Commission for Social Development recently convened at the UN in New York where a re-examination of the traditional measures for the eradication of poverty through global development was called for. Most societies continue to be characterised by significant economic and social disparities with sharp contrasts of growing wealth leading to increasingly…
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Security Council Resolution 1325 must be fully implemented
United Nations Security Council Resolution (SCR) 1325 was established to address the impact of war on women, and increase women’s contributions to conflict resolution and sustainable peace.10 years has passed since this important resolution was first published. It has been enhanced by further SCRs but is still ignored in many countries. Soroptimists around the world MUST lobby their…
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Launch of UN Women
Tonight was the Launch of UN Women and what a line up for the evening. The event included Ban Ki-Moon, Michelle Bachelet, Ted Turner, Geena Davis, Nicole Kidman, and a special message from Shakira. Women’s rights are human rights is the theme and the same theme that Hillary Clinton mentioned last year in her address…
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The Voice of Young Women at CSW
New York, New York-snow then sun and biting wind. Always a challenge walking to and from the many and varied events. Even more so this year when the UN building is under major construction so most of it is out of bounds. So all sessions are crammed into the Church centre and the Salvation army…
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Finally….the US Mission
Finally…. I have been coming to the CSW meeting for many years. During the past administration of the United States, I often wanted to pretend that I was Canadian as the United States was not a strong supporter of the UN. The US mission to the UN was often creating issues that Soroptimist had to…