Subject: [fem-women2000 270] Fw: WEDO LAUNCHES 50/50 By 2005 CAMPAIGN
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 15:28:57 +0900
Seq: 270

>From: "Leslie Wright" <ngo_csw_ny@hotmail.com>
>Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 20:28:00 -0400
>Subject: [ngo-csw-ny] Fw: WEDO LAUNCHES 50/50 By 2005 CAMPAIGN
>
>yet another event for the Special Session on Beijing+5.  This one does not
>require accreditation. Please use the form below to register.  Leslie
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Rosa G. Lizarde <rosa@wedo.org>
>To: <rosa@wedo.org>
>Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 6:33 PM
>Subject: WEDO LAUNCHES 50/50 By 2005 CAMPAIGN
>
>
>> [[ DECLAR~1.DOC : 5666 in winmail.dat ]][[ GENERA~1.DOC : 5667 in
>> winmail.dat ]]
>>
>> Dear Colleague,
>>
>> The Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) is pleased to
>> invite you to join us in the launching of the global campaign for "50-50
>by
>> 2005: Get the Balance Right!!" to be held on June 8, 2000, 9:00A.M. to
>4:00
>> P.M. at the auditorium of the Ford Foundation at 320 East, 43rd Street,
>New
>> York, USA. The campaign will be launched in conjunction with the UN
>General
>> Assembly Session that will review the first five years of the
>implementation
>> of the Beijing Platform for Action.
>>
>> Very little progress has been made worldwide in gaining access to
>> decision-making positions. In national parliaments, women continue to be
>> underrepresented with an average proportion of 12.7% membership worldwide
>in
>> 1999 (Inter-Parliamentary Union data). There are only  ten (10) women
>heads
>> of state and at the ministerial and sub-ministerial levels, women have
>7.4%
>> and 11% of the seats respectively. To attain gender balance and fulfill
>the
>> governments' commitment to ensuring "women's equal access to and full
>> participation in power structures and decision-making, the campaign sets a
>> "provisional minimum target of 30% representation of women in cabinet
>> ministries and legislative bodies by 2003 and equal representation by
>2005."
>>
>> The launching will begin with an opening panel of women speakers. Among
>> those invited are Megawati Sukarno,  the Vice-President of Indonesia;
>> Speciosa  Wandira Kazibwe, the Vice-President of Uganda; and Madeleine
>> Albright, the US Secretary of State who will share their insights and
>> experiences on "Women Making A Difference." Women legislators from
>> Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Sweden, South Africa and the United States
>will
>> be among the discussants.
>>
>> In the afternoon, women from different parts of the world will talk about
>> "Strategies for Reaching 50-50 by 2005" to be followed by regional group
>> discussions on "Agenda Setting and Elements of a National Plan of Action."
>>
>> In addition to the launching in New York, part of the global campaign is
>to
>> collect a million signatures from individuals and organizations declaring
>> their support for the campaign to be presented to governments and the UN
>> Secretary-General. We would like to ask you to sign on to this statement
>and
>> return it to WEDO via fax (212)973035 or email wedo@igc.org.
>>
>> To register for the global launching of the 50-50 campaign on June 8,
>2000,
>> please fill out and send back the attached form not later than May 26,
>2000
>> by fax or email.
>>
>> We look forward to working with you on this activity as a cosponsoring
>> organization.
>>
>> Very truly yours,
>>
>> June Zeitlin                                                  Socorro
>Reyes
>> Executive Director                                        Director, Gender
>> and Governance Program
>>
>>
>> Launching of the Global Campaign for "50-50 by 2005: Get the Balance
>> Right!!"
>>
>> June 8, 2000
>>  9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
>> Ford Foundation Auditorium
>> 320 East 43rd Street
>> New York, New York
>> 10017 USA
>>
>> Registration Form
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Name __________________________________________________________________
>>
>> Organization____________________________________________________________
>>
>> Address________________________________________________________________
>> Number and Street       City State
>>
>> Country Zip Code
>>
>> Region__________________________________________________________________
>>
>> Telephone No.___________________ Fax_______________
>>
>> Email__________________________
>>
>> Website (if any)__________________
>>
>> Do you represent a network of organizations? If yes, which
>> one?____________________________________________________________________
>>
>> ________________________________________________________________________
>>
>> Contact Address and Telephone No. in NY (for foreign participants)
>>
>>
>> ________________________________________________________________________
>>
>> to reply by e-mail, please write to dahlia@wedo.org





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