Subject: [fem-women2000 573] Women's GlobalNet #164: CSW Preparations
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:05:17 -0800
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IWTC WOMEN'S GLOBALNET #164
Initiatives and Activities of Women Worldwide
by Anne S. Walker

January 16, 2001 

NEW IWTC WEB-SITE AT <http://www.iwtc.org>

IWTC$BCT(B web-site was launched on November 20, 2000. The site has been 
designed as a resource for women activists, particularly those who are 
involved in women and development activities. There are direct links 
from the home page to main women$BCT(B "umbrella" sites  (e.g. WomenAction, 
WomenWatch, WHRNet, Women, Ink., NGO Global groups, NGO Regional groups, 
UN Agencies, etc.) in addition to IWTC links (down the side of the home 
page) that list, among other things,  resources for each of the 12 
Critical Areas of Concern from the Beijing Platform for Action.

We encourage people who are looking for resources, referrals and more, 
to visit the siterather than call us here at IWTC, as we are currently 
very lightly staffed and can$BCU(B always provide the information you want 
as speedily as you want it! 

Many thanks

PREPARATIONS FOR THE UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN 45th SESSION, 
6-16 MARCH, 2001, NEW YORK .

IWTC has received many inquiries about the upcoming 45th Session of the 
UN Commission on the status of Women. The following is a provisional 
agenda for this meeting, including the thematic issues to be covered:
 
PROVISIONAL AGENDA: CSW 45th SESSION, 6-16 MARCH, 2001
1). Election of officers:

2). Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters:  

3).Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the special 
session of the General Assembly entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, 
development and peace for the twenty-first century": a). Review of 
mainstreaming in organizations of the United Nations system;  b). 
Emerging issues, trends and new approaches to issues affecting the 
situation of women or equality between women and men; c). Implementation 
of strategic objectives and action in the critical areas of concern;

4. Thematic issues:  a).Women, the girl child and human 
immuno-deficiency virus/acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS);  
b). Gender and all forms of discrimination, in particular racism, racial 
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

5. Follow-up to Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions.

6. Communications concerning the status of women.

7. Provisional agenda for the forty-sixth session of the Commission.

8. Adoption of the report of the Commission on its forty-fifth session.

This information has been adapted from the web-site of UN/DAW. For more 
information concerning the 45th Session of CSW, visit their web-site at: 
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw or contact them at: UN/DAW, DC-2, 
United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA. E-mail: Amina Adam at 
adama@un.org. Fax: (1-212) 963-4116

NGO PLANS FOR CSW 2001: Here are some of the plans for non-governmental 
organization (NGO) meetings before and during the CSW 45th session.

1. FEBRUARY ROUND-TABLES: a) 8 February, 1.15 to 2.45pm: Racism and 
discrimination from a gender perspective: b) 22 February, 1.15 to 
2,45pm. HIV/AIDS and gender. Both of these round-tables will be held at 
the UN.

2. MARCH: a) 5 March: NGO ALL-DAY CONSULTATION: b) 6 March, 5-7 p.m.: 
Orientation for persons new to the CSW: c) 7 March, 6-8 p.m. NGO 
reception.

For further information concerning these activities, please contact 
Leslie Wright, Chair of the New York NGO Committee on the Status of 
Women (NGO/CSW/NY) at: Email: <ngo_csw_ny@hotmail.com> or 
<leslie-wright@msn.com>. Tel: (1-718) 398-3561 

CEDAW MEETINGS JANUARY 15 TO FEBRUARY 2, 2001
Meetings of the Expert Committee for the Convention on the Elimination 
of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) are now being held 
at the UN headquarters in New York. Countries reporting at this session 
of CEDAW are:  Burundi (initial report); Egypt (3rd, 4th and 5th 
reports); Finland (3rd and 4th reports); Jamaica (2nd, 3rd and 4th 
reports): Kazakhstan (initial report); Maldives (initial report):  
Mongolia (3rd and 4th reports): and Uzbekistan (initial report).

COUNTRIES TO REPORT AT JULY 2001 MEETING OF CEDAW:
Nicaragua, Sweden, Vietnam, Netherlands, Guyana.

CEDAW MEMBERS 2001
A. BUREAU:
Charlotte Abaka (Ghana) -Chair: 
Rosario Manalo (Philippines) -Vice-Chair:
Feride Acar (Turkey) -Vice-Chair: 
Zelmira Regazzoli (Argentina) -Vice-Chair: 
Rosalyn Hazelle (St. Kitts and Nevis)-Rapporteur

B. OTHER MEMBERS:
Sjamsiah Achmad (Indonesia): 
Emna Aouij (Tunisia): 
Ivanka Corti (Italy): 
Feng Cui (China): 
Naela Gabr (Egypt): 
Francois Gaspard (France): 
Yolanda Ferrer Gomez (Cuba): 
Fatima Kwaku (Nigeria): 
A$ByE(Ba Gonz$BaM(Bez Martinez (Mexico): 
Savitri Goonesekere (Sri Lanka): 
Mr. Goran Melander (Sweden): 
Ahsa Rose Mtengeti-Migiro (Tanzania): 
Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini (South Africa): 
Frances Livingstone Raday (Israel): 
Hanna Beate Schopp-Schilling (Germany): 
Heisoo Shin (Korea): 
Maria Regina Tavares da Silva (Portugal): 
Chikako Taya (Japan):

NGOs who wish to be kept in touch with the activities of CEDAW, 
especially those who are planning to prepare Shadow Reports at the time 
their countries are reporting to the Committee, should contact: 
International Women$BCT(B Rights Action Watch (IWRAW), Hubert Humphrey 
Institute, University of Minnesota, 301 19th Avenue. Sth, Minneapolis, 
MI 55455. Tel: (1-612) 625-5557. Fax: (1-612) 624-0068. Email: 
<iwraw@hhh.umn.edu>. IWRAW has an excellent email bulletin to which you 
can subscribe.

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