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Beijing
Plus 5 Information
During the week of June 5-9 2000, five
years after the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, the United
Nations held a Special Session on the implementation and impact of the
Beijing Platform for Action. Below is a list of links for more information
regarding the Special Session, including a series of symposia co-hosted by
NCRW.
From June 5-8 2000, women from around
the world gathered for a series of symposia to analyze the impact of
globalization on women and girls, and to review the progress of the Beijing
Platform for Action. Co-Sponsored by: The Conference of NGO's CONGO hosted an NGO Working Session
on Women, June 3-4, 2000. For more
information regarding Beijing +5 click on one of the following: WomenWatch,
The UN Internet Gateway for the Advancement and Empowerment of Women, a joint
initiative of DAW
, UNIFEM,
and INSTRAW. NCRW Reports: Follow-up Report on
the Special Session of the UN General Assembly for Beijing +5, New York
City, June 5-9, 2000 (by Mary Haney, NCRW Research Scholar) Preparatory Committee
Meeting Report for Beijing +5, New York City, March 3-17, 2000 (by Mary
Haney, NCRW Research Scholar) ECE Regional Preparatory
Meeting for Beijing +5, Geneva, January 17-21, 2000 (by Mary Haney, NCRW
Research Scholar) NCRW Member Center Activities: On June 4 , the Center for
Women's Global Leadership sponsored a symposium on women's human rights: "Women
2000: A Symposium on Future Directions for Human Rights" . The
Center for Women's Global Leadership can be contacted at cwgl@igc.org. For further information,
please contact Center for
Women's Global Leadership This website also has extensive background
information on Beijing Plus Five. On June 6, the Center for
Policy Alternatives sponsored a "Economic Empowerment Forum".
in the US The event took place Custom House. For more information please
contact ehines@cfpa.org. For further details,
please check www.stateaction.org . The "Beijing Plus Five Women's
Health Day" took place on June 7. For information e-mail Saleena
Gupte at: sgupte@os.dhhs.gov On June
9, to mark the end of Beijing Plus Five deliberations on the Women's
Platform for Action at the UN and throughout New York, CUNY Center for the
Study of Women and Society hosted a "Procession and Picnic"
to connect global feminisms with issues raised in Seattle and Washington, DC.
The procession took place from the UN to Times Square and continued at 72
Street and Riverside Drive where Blanche Weisen Cook spoke in front of the
statue of Eleanor Roosevelt. For more information call 212/ 817-2020 Useful Related Web Sites: Asian Women's Resource
Exchange FIRE-Feminist Interactive Radio
Endeavor Presidents
Inter Agency Council on Women
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