Beijing +10: 2005 CSW Review

A Report from the Center for Women’s Global Leadership, the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, and the Women’s Environment and Development Organization on the 2005 CSW Review of the Beijing Platform for Action (Beijing +10). NGO Discussions at the 48th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women March 1-12, 2004 Click here for Word .doc (60 KB)

The Chiang Mai declaration, officially titled, "Religion and Women: An Agenda for Change," was endorsed by all participants (including AWID) at Women and Religions: Advancing Gender Equity in a Globalized World, a meeting held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from February 29th to March 3, 2004. Read the Chiang Mai declaration here (Word .doc, 30 KB).

Feminist Organizational Development 1) What gains have women made in Afghanistan's new constitution? 2) A Year in Review: Friday File top stories from 2003 3) What were the experiences of AWID staff at the WSF? 4) How is a gendered perspective being placed on the agenda of the 2004 World Social Forum? 5) What is the European Social Forum and role did women play at the Forum? 6) The “JFC”: A new strategic opportunity for gender equality advocates to engage with the World Bank? 7) What’s New in Feminist Advocacy? 8) How Do the Israeli Occupation, Patriarchy, and the Development Industry Impact the Palestinian ... 9) Are the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Relevant to Women's Movements? 10) How is the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo being...		Gender Equality and New Technologies 1) What are the current understandings and gaps in the debate about the impact of reproductive technologies and new technologies on young women’s lives and rights? 2) Donors need defenders 3) Why are women invisible in technology and what are the mechanisms for change? 4) A Year in Review: Friday File top stories from 2003 5) What is the role of the WSIS-Gender Caucus at the World Summit on the Information Society? 6) How are groups working to ensure that women will have equitable rights within the information society? 7) What does the U.S. government's understanding and use of science have to do with women's rights,... 8) What are the Potential Implications of Canada’s Bill C-13 on Assisted Human Reproduction? 9) How are genetically engineered crops impacting farmers in South Africa? 10) What is the role of emergency contraception as a family planning tool in India?
Women's Rights and Economic Change 1) How are current structural adjustment lending at the World Bank impacting the poor people and poor w... 2) How can globalization be changed to benefit all people? 3) What happened at the Fourth World Social Forum (WDF) in Mumbai, India? 4) Is climate change a gender issue? 5) A Year in Review: Friday File top stories from 2003 6) What is the significance of the “gas war” protests that took place in Bolivia during September and October of 2003? 7) Are new texts on gender and development providing new information? 8) What is the significance of Shirin Ebadi winning the Nobel Prize for peace in 2003? 9) How does gender inequality and violence against women in Africa fuel the HIV/AIDS pandemic? 10) What has been the progress of the recipients of AWID's Innovation ''Seed'' Grants Program launched...		Young Women and Leadership 1) How is leadership and poverty linked and what is the role of youth in this process? 2) What is the ''Speak Out! Girls, Creative Vision and Globalization'' project? 3) A Year in Review: Friday File top stories from 2003 4) What are the current understandings and gaps in the debate about the impact of reproductive... 5) How are young women thinking and discussing the relationship between formal religion and feminism? 6) How are Young Women Maintaining their Momentum and Energy to Work Within Social Justice and Human...... 7) What happened at AWID’s first Young Women and Leadership Institute? 8) How is the issue of young women and HIV/AIDS being discussed by young women leaders? 9) Call for Nominations of Individuals for AWID’s Young Women and Leadership Program’s Internati... 10) Young Women and Leadership Institute
AWID Forum Forum Presentations Check out the papers originally presented at AWID's 9th International Forum on Women's Rights in Development, held in Guadalajara, Mexico, 2002. These papers contain a diversity of perspectives, visions and strategies on a variety of the issues explored at the Forum. Re-inventing Globalization Click here to download PDF (756 KB) of AWID's 2002 conference report ''Re-inventing Globalization in Guadalajara, Mexico. Workshop Summaries This link includes Session Reports and copies of presentations given at the forum. Even if you weren't there you can see what went on at the forum! Plenary Speeches Each day of the Forum had a plenary session focused on a different theme and featured a number of innovative speakers. We have provided the text of those speeches here.		Marriage and its Meanings Reform of marriage laws and transformation of the institution of marriage have long been staples of feminist activism around the world. The political and legal firestorm over marriage now sweeping the United States offers an opportunity to explore the political role of religion in a formally secular society and the role of marriage as a vehicle for religious beliefs about gender. This overview of current developments in the U.S. highlights the links between privatization of social services, the expanded role of religion in public policy, and attacks on the independence of the judiciary as a guardian of secular human rights guarantees. It also suggests that efforts to understand and effect change in the meanings of marriage will be strengthened by taking into account its full social, legal, economic, political and religious dimensions. (March 2004) How Effective is a Human Rights framework in addressing Gender-based Violence? This month's theme explores the use of the human rights framework and its significance for gender-based violence. It cites the various international legal and political advances made possible through the use of this framework, its strengths and limitations as well as the challenges the women's movements face in opening up a new cycle of strategies, visions and paradigms. (February 2004)