The head of U N women Phumzile Mlambo-Nguika then spoke talking
about the Beijing platform for action and the 12 key areas.what has and
hasn’t been achieved and the challenges that lie ahead.
about the Beijing platform for action and the 12 key areas.what has and
hasn’t been achieved and the challenges that lie ahead.
She said that the next five years are critical and that we must
break the back of the issue of gender equalityParticula new challenges
are violence in conflict situations targeted at women.technology is all
pervasive and is a new challenge.violence against women’s key target
area and the question of poverty and inequality must be
addres
break the back of the issue of gender equalityParticula new challenges
are violence in conflict situations targeted at women.technology is all
pervasive and is a new challenge.violence against women’s key target
area and the question of poverty and inequality must be
addres
There was a significant hum across the auditorium as xxx spoke these words, many of us recognising them as words that would linger throughout this historic xxx
"I want to thank you and greet you for being here
She spoke of the next fifteen years – of breaking the back of gender equality once and for all, and she talked of the ‘Last Mile’. The aim during this time? "We want to achieve gender equality by 2030; 50/50 – "the cut off line; the expiry date"
Wile talking of the work still to do, she said we should "Pat ourselves on the back and say we made a difference"
She talked of a clash between the modern law and customary law, eroding the progress we can make. She pointed out that "throwing hands in the air because we can’t do anything about custom, doesn’t fly anymore"
She asked that we "learn and drink from the fountain that will make the future very different" and that
"Each year must bring about change", inviting us to "join (me) in calling for changes and partner with us locally, nationally and globally".
The world must change not the women
Someone has to make sure there is a next generation we have allowed the world to stay at it
Reality of men and women
Not sweat the small stuff but choose the battles that we like to fight
Declaration agreed to the deal is in the pod kept
Open Csw morning of the
9th
Not sweating the small stuff we must focus on initiative and
projects to make this next as decisive as we want it to be step it up
projects to make this next as decisive as we want it to be step it up
Include the last girl can her small feet walk the
Hillary Ratcliffe, International Programme Director shares her thoughts on this opening event.
"We were welcomed into the Apollo theatre with a rousing band which set the scene for the entire day.
All of us here at the NGO CSW59 Forum Consultation Day, at the Apollo Theatre, Harlam, to recognise and celebrate the progress made since the original
women’s conference in Mexico, 1975. Having enjoyed the performance from four female singers,
representing Italy, Haiti, Japan and India, the crowd hushed in preperation for the four speakers as they read the
declarations from Mexico, Copenhagen, Nairobi and Beijing.
women’s conference in Mexico, 1975. Having enjoyed the performance from four female singers,
representing Italy, Haiti, Japan and India, the crowd hushed in preperation for the four speakers as they read the
declarations from Mexico, Copenhagen, Nairobi and Beijing.
Soon-Young Yoon took the floor and traced both the
progress and lack of progress made women in the twenty years since
Beijing. Stressing that the claim that all issues are women’s issues,
means that civil society is of vital importance to the UN.
So what remains to be done.key will be accountability and and
implementation and it will be the role of NGOs to monitor their own governments to make sure that they are committed to ensuring that "women’s
rights are human rights" and that this mission is embedded in both polies and actions, as we move
towards the SDG. Soon-Young ended by telling us that in the Chinese calendar it is
now the year of the sheep which presages creative and unusual happenings
for peace so a challenge for us to make this happen.
implementation and it will be the role of NGOs to monitor their own governments to make sure that they are committed to ensuring that "women’s
rights are human rights" and that this mission is embedded in both polies and actions, as we move
towards the SDG. Soon-Young ended by telling us that in the Chinese calendar it is
now the year of the sheep which presages creative and unusual happenings
for peace so a challenge for us to make this happen.
sedPartnerships will be key just implementing development will not
enough we have to "step it up"
enough we have to "step it up"
Urchins Gupta who is the nominee for woman of the year award from
the CSW NGO committee from NewYork then spoke tous from the heart and
without a note.her passion is the topic of modern day slavery She is a
journalist who produced a documentary called "The selling of innocents"
the CSW NGO committee from NewYork then spoke tous from the heart and
without a note.her passion is the topic of modern day slavery She is a
journalist who produced a documentary called "The selling of innocents"
She had visited Nepal through her work and noticed that in many
villages there were no girls between the ages of 9-25so her question
Where are they?toher horror the answer was that they had been trafficked
across the border and were now working the sex trade in Mumbai.the
stories she told of the women she met in the brothels were heart
breaking.so she made the documentary about them .As a result she was
threaded with a knife and only saved by the women themselves who
challenged the men to kill all 22of them!
villages there were no girls between the ages of 9-25so her question
Where are they?toher horror the answer was that they had been trafficked
across the border and were now working the sex trade in Mumbai.the
stories she told of the women she met in the brothels were heart
breaking.so she made the documentary about them .As a result she was
threaded with a knife and only saved by the women themselves who
challenged the men to kill all 22of them!
This experience led her to working with the women starting education programmes for them and their s
Children getting government IDs for the women taking the lead
imploring governments to increase investment in these lost girls.She
demanded that we all "Walk the last mile if we stand by the last girl"
imploring governments to increase investment in these lost girls.She
demanded that we all "Walk the last mile if we stand by the last girl"
She received a standing ovation and we left inspired by what one woman of determination can achieve.
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