Subject: IWTC Women's Globalnet #124
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 05:53:57 +0900
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Forwarded by lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org> ---------------- Original message follows ---------------- From: "iwtc@green.igc.org" <iwtc@igc.org> To: iwtc-womensglobalnet@igc.org Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 15:46:01 -0400 Subject: IWTC Women's Globalnet #124 -- IWTC WOMEN'S GLOBALNET #124 Women's Initiatives and Activities Worldwide by Anne S. Walker June 24, 1999 UPDATE ON BEIJING PLUS FIVE PREPARATIONS: NGO and UN >From the NGO Community: At the time of the first PrepCom for the GA Special Session on Beijing Plus Five (Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace) held March 1999 at UN Headquarters in New York, NGOs met to decide on the following: 1) An NGO Coordinating Committee will be organized with representatives of: a) Regional groupings; b) Issue-based caucuses and networks; c) Global/regional communication networks, and d) CONGO* Committees on the Status of Women in New York, Geneva and Vienna. 2) Instead of an NGO Forum at the Special Session (June 5-9, 2000) comparable to the NGO Forums of 1985 and 1995, there will be a 2-day NGO Working Session June 3-4, 2000. 3) NGOs will be encouraged to prepare NGO alternative report on implementation of the Platform for Action in their countries (PFA), and to assist in the preparation of regional and global alternative reports. It is planned that a global report will be submitted to the NGO Working Session in June 2000 and then to the Special Session. *Conference of Non Governmental Organizations in Consultative Status with ECOSOC. Contact: Sudha Acharya. Fax: (1-212) 692- 0724. E-mail: <congongo@aol.com>. NGO Global Communications Network/WomenAction 2000: Representatives of global and regional women$BCT(B information and media networks also met during the PrepCom to discuss global communications strategies that would increase the active participation of NGOs in the review process. Plans were outlined to: 1) Develop global and regional websites as $BEQ(Blatforms$B(B(B $BfoNGBeijinPlus(B $BFive(B $Breview(B $Bprocesinformation.(B $B(Update:(B $BWork(B $Bhabeguon(B $Bglobal(B $Bwebsitwith(B $Bthregistered(B $Bdomain(B $Bname(B $Bof(B $BWebsites(B $Baralreadin(B $Boperatioin(B $BAsiaAfrica(B $BanN.(B $BAmerica,(B $Bwith(B $Bsiteplannein(B $BEurope).(B $B2)(B $BUndertaktraining(B $Bancapacity(B $Bbuilding(B $Bforegional(B $Bfacilitators(B $Bof(B $Bregional(B $Bweb-site(B $Bcoordinators(B $Banon-linworkingroupsin(B $Bcollaboraton(B $Bwith(B $BWomenWatchthUN(B $Bwome$BCT(B web-site that is already facilitating on-line dialogues around PFA critical areas of concern. (Update: A training course for Asia/Pacific online and web facilitators is currently underway, organized by AWORC** and APWIN*** at Sookmyung University, Seoul, Korea, June 23-28, 1999). 3) Develop a score card/checklist for monitoring implementation of critical areas of concern. (Update: A draft survey/checklist has been developed for Section J: Women and the Media, as a possible template for other sections of the Platform for Action). All those interested in learning more about WomenAction 2000, inc. the Section J template, should send a message to: <wimnet@gn.apc.org>, or fax to: IWTC (1-212) 687-8633. **Asian Women$BCT(B Resource Network. ***Asia/Pacific Women$BCT(B Information Network >From the United Nations: Preparations at National Level: As of 22 June, 1999, 1) 111 Governments and 1 Observer State had prepared national action plans and submitted them to UNDAW, and 2) 52 Governments and two Observer States had responded to the Secretary General$BCT(B questionnaire on implementation of the Platform for Action. Preparations at Regional Level: UN Regional Commissions have planned the following activities: 1) ECA (Economic Commission for Africa) -Sixth African Regional Conference on Women to assess progress in the implementation of the Beijing and African Platforms for Action, 22-27 November 1999, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2) ESCAP (Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific) -High-level Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Jakarta Declaration and Plan of Action and Regional Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 26-29 October, 1999, Bangkok, Thailand. 3) ECE (Economic Commission for Europe) -Expert meeting at intergovernmental level to review economic issues, problems and policies relating to women in the ECE countries, January 2000, Geneva, Switzerland. 4) ESCWA (Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia) -2nd Arab Meeting to Follow up Beijing, 15-18 December, 1999. Also Arab Conference on Integrated Follow-Up to Global Conferences, November 1999, Beirut, Lebanon. 5) ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) -8th Regional Conference on Women, January/February 2000, Lima, Peru. Preparations at Global Level: UNDAW has begun its analysis of information on implementation of the PFA for submission to PrepCom II in March 2000. UN agencies are also supplying information for the assessment of the implementation of the System-Wide Medium Term Plan for the Advancement of Women (1996-2001). Source for all of the United Nations information: UNDAW. Fax: (1- 212) 963-3463. E-mail: daw@un.org. Web-site: <www.un.org/daw>. IMPORTANT NOTE: Because of severe financial restrictions, this will be the last issue of the Women's GlobalNet bulletin to be sent via fax. The bulletin will be distributed via e-mail only until the situation improves. IWTC Women's GlobalNet is produced by: International Women's Tribune Centre 777 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 Tel: (1-212) 687-8633 Fax: (1-212) 661-2704 e-mail: iwtc@igc.apc.org