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* Women Wise Up! Sydney 8-11 Feb. 2001 -
Contribute to Australian input into sub regional and international outcomes from Beijing +5.
Further information including registration form.
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Modalities, measures and strategies to meet the challenges of
gender equality, development and peace for the 21st century in the Asian
and Pacific Region. Download document.
* Final Outcomes Document:
United Nations Special Session of the General Assembly Women 2000: Gender Equality,
Development and Peace for the 21st Century [OSW web]
27/4/00 Asia Pacific Women's Lobby Document
now available.. see the separate page
21/4/00 Asia Pacific Women’s Watch Lobby Document: For supporter’s of the
Beijing Platform for Action and CEDAW - will be available here by the end of April.
19/4/00 Call for Australian women's organisations to provide banners
for a banner exhibition before and at Beijing Plus 5
18/4/00 Global call for contributions to the UNIFEM Best Practices Handbook for Young
Women - survey contributions due by 15 May 2000
10/4/00 Commission on Human Rights Continues Debate on Human Rights of Women. Press release
7/4/00 NGO report back to women's organisations - Parliament House Canberra
20/3/00 Eileen Pittaway on Life
Matters
19/3/00 reports back from Australian women's NGO's have begun. Contact the NGO Coordinator
for dates and venues. Amrita Dasvarma email: amritadasvarma@hotmail.com
17/3/00 Last day of CSW 44 in New York. See the Division for the Advancement of
Women web site for outcomes and NGO accreditation processes for Beijing Plus 5
8/3/00 Peace inextricably linked with equality between
women and men says Security Council in International Women's Day Statement. Press release.
28/2/00 Press release Australia on Trial Women Take Australia's
Track Record on Human Rights to the United Nations
16/2/00 newyork-2000
email list established. If you are representing an Australian women's NGO at Beijing Plus
5 -
14/2/00 Australian NGO Beijing Plus 5 Coordinator appointed. The
Coordinator is Amrita Dasvarma email: amritadasvarma@hotmail.com
The NGO Coordinator will provide support, information and assistance to Australian women
and women’s organisations about CSW44 and Beijing Plus Five, liaise with government
in the lead up to CSW44 and Beijing Plus Five, establish links with other
organisations, in the community and business sector, in relation to Beijing Plus Five and
raise awareness among Australian women of CSW44 and Beijing Plus Five through the
co-ordination of Beijing in your Backyard activities
12/2/00 CSW 44 & Beijing Plus 5 Final Lobby Training Agenda
and Detailed Program with links to pre-reading list- Canberra 14 & 15 Feb 2000
12/2/00 Voices 2000 and Beyond, Asia-Pacific Women's Lobbying Document for Beijing
Plus 5. Download document and cover
8/2/00 Urgent call for expressions of interest Australian NGO
Coordinator by 9/2/00; funding for NGO participants expressions of interest by 11/2/00 & NGO representative on the government
delegation
Check the CSW information on the Division for the Advancement for
Women web for detailed
meeting schedules for CSW44 and preparatory documents including proposed outcomes
Australian
Government Interim Report was lodged in October 1999.
Take this link to the Questionnaire to governments for government
reports
Report of the Asia Pacific Regional NGO Symposium
31 August – 4 September 1999 Thailand [ note - not
currently available from this site - we are working to rectify the
problem!]
Declaration of the
Asia-Pacific NGO Symposium, Bangkok
3 September 1999
20 Sept - 7 Oct. '99 - OSW
Consultations all states - Beijing Plus 5 and CEDAW Written submissions closed 12 Nov.
Key dates and preparatory steps
5-9 June 2000, General Assembly Special Session on Beijing/Women 2000,
New York
28 February - 17 March 2000, UN Commission on
the Status of Women Second Preparatory Committee (PrepCom 2) for the General Assembly
Special Session on Beijing/Women 2000
27 February 2000, NGO Consultation, New York
26-29 October 1999 UN
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) meeting to monitor
progress on the Platform for Action. The Australian Government delivered a statement -
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Key Information sources
* UN Division for the Advancement of Women,
Women Watch 
www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/
DAW News flash..
* International
Women's GlobalNet - web links
* Australian federal Office of the Status of
Women
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31 Aug. - 4 Sept 1999, Asia Pacific Regional NGO Symposium. Take
this link to the Symposium Report: Asia-Pacific
Women 2000 Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-First Century.
July '99 Sydney -
Asia-Pacific Sub-regional Beijing Plus 5 Conference The
information includes the full report and outcomes of the
conference. There was a call for endorsment of the conference outcomes concluding on
20 October 1999. See the final list of endorsements)
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April '99 Questionnaire to governments - Australian government
report due. The Australian
Government Interim Report was lodged in October 1999. Take this link to the Questionnaire to governments for government reports - reports were
due by April 1999 - take this link to the background
information prepared by Eileen Pittaway [10 Aug. 99]
March '99 The Commission for the Status of Women (CSW) has done extensive work on
various sections of the Platform for Action at CSW 40 and 41. In March 1999, CSW 43 worked on the Health and
the Government Machinery sections. CSW 44, March 2000 will be extended by one week to plan
the June meeting.
18-22 June '98, Beijing, All China Women's Federation (ACWF) hosted a 5 day seminar
to exchange information and experiences on actions by the government and NGOs to the
Beijing Declaration and Plaform for Action. Velvy Holden (Australian National Committee on
Refugee Women), Eileen Pittaway (Coalition of Activist Lesbians) and Libby Darlison
(Womensport Australia) attended as representatives of their respective organisations and
of CAPOW!. Take this link to the
report by Eileen Pittaway and Velvy Holden on the outcomes of the meeting.
In April and May '98 in the lead up to the Beijing seminar the Coalition of
Participating Organisations of Australian Women (CAPOW!) coordinated NGO input by
circulating a questionnaire and holding focus meetings on:
- the gains that they see coming from the Beijing conference,
- the actions which have been taken, and
- the actions which should be taken in the future.
The report on the Australian consultations called Women
Working Wonders prepared by Eileen Pittaway and Velvy Holden can be downloaded here:
Women Working Wonders (rich text
format)
Women Working Wonders (winzip version in rich text
format)
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