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IWTC Women's GlobalNet #362 BEIJING
+ 15: PREPARATORY ACTIVITIES IN WESTERN ASIA, EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA AND THE
CARIBBEAN September
2009 Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, Iskra Sajor and Tina Johnson 1. UNESCWA HOSTS TRAINING WORKSHOP ON
PREPARING B+15 REPORTS |
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1. UNESCWA HOSTS TRAINING WORKSHOP ON
PREPARING B+15 REPORTS The UN Economic and
Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) conducted a training workshop on
how to prepare national reports for Beijing + 15 using the questionnaire that
most of the other UN regional commissions also used. The training was
organized in cooperation with the League of Arab States (LAS) General
Secretariat, the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the
Center for Arab Women Training and Research (CAWTAR) and the Arab Women
Organization. The meeting, held on 24–26 March 2009 in Cairo, Egypt, was
attended by national machineries and women ministries from Algeria, Bahrain,
Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritania,
Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab
Emirates and Yemen. ESCWA and LAS are
cooperating to draw up and issue the Arab regional report on Beijing +15. For more information, see: http://css.escwa.org.lb/weeklynews/wnews/uploads/wn15e52.pdf In addition, ESCWA and LAS will organize an
Expert Group Meeting on October 19 and 20, 2009, in Beirut to better inform
the report that will emerge from the Arab region. See http://www.escwa.org.lb
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2. UNECE TO CONVENE B+15
REGIONAL REVIEW MEETING 2–3 NOVEMBER 2009, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
Topics will include (a) a
regional review of progress towards the implementation of the Beijing
Platform for Action; (b) gender-sensitive economic policies in the context of
the economic and financial crisis; (c) gender and the corporate sector; and
(d) new partnerships, networks, and alliances for gender equality. The meeting will be attended by
representatives from ECE member states, international organizations, NGOs and
academia from the region. For more information, see: http://www.unece.org/gender/Beijing_process.htm and to access official documents, go to http://www.unece.org/gender/documents/Beijing+15/Documents.html A
series of interactive NGO roundtables will be held on 30-31 October 2009 to
explore topics that will mirror the themes of the UNECE meeting. The outcome
document from the NGO roundtables will be shared at the UNECE meeting. To
download a provisional agenda and register for the event, visit: http://www.ngocsw-geneva.ch/ |
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The Economic Commission
of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will be organizing a regional
conference in Brazil in July 2010 to discuss the status of women in the
region and commemorate the passage of the Beijing Platform form for Action.
Government response to the questionnaire for the Beijing +15 assessment can
be found at : http://is.gd/39D0C (Source: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender
Violence newsletter: http://is.gd/39Fgx) |
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