Subject: [fem-women2000 270] Fw: WEDO LAUNCHES 50/50 By 2005 CAMPAIGN
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 15:28:57 +0900
Seq: 270
>From: "Leslie Wright" <ngo_csw_ny@hotmail.com> >Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 20:28:00 -0400 >Subject: [ngo-csw-ny] Fw: WEDO LAUNCHES 50/50 By 2005 CAMPAIGN > >yet another event for the Special Session on Beijing+5. This one does not >require accreditation. Please use the form below to register. Leslie >----- Original Message ----- >From: Rosa G. Lizarde <rosa@wedo.org> >To: <rosa@wedo.org> >Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 6:33 PM >Subject: WEDO LAUNCHES 50/50 By 2005 CAMPAIGN > > >> [[ DECLAR~1.DOC : 5666 in winmail.dat ]][[ GENERA~1.DOC : 5667 in >> winmail.dat ]] >> >> Dear Colleague, >> >> The Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) is pleased to >> invite you to join us in the launching of the global campaign for "50-50 >by >> 2005: Get the Balance Right!!" to be held on June 8, 2000, 9:00A.M. to >4:00 >> P.M. at the auditorium of the Ford Foundation at 320 East, 43rd Street, >New >> York, USA. The campaign will be launched in conjunction with the UN >General >> Assembly Session that will review the first five years of the >implementation >> of the Beijing Platform for Action. >> >> Very little progress has been made worldwide in gaining access to >> decision-making positions. In national parliaments, women continue to be >> underrepresented with an average proportion of 12.7% membership worldwide >in >> 1999 (Inter-Parliamentary Union data). There are only ten (10) women >heads >> of state and at the ministerial and sub-ministerial levels, women have >7.4% >> and 11% of the seats respectively. To attain gender balance and fulfill >the >> governments' commitment to ensuring "women's equal access to and full >> participation in power structures and decision-making, the campaign sets a >> "provisional minimum target of 30% representation of women in cabinet >> ministries and legislative bodies by 2003 and equal representation by >2005." >> >> The launching will begin with an opening panel of women speakers. Among >> those invited are Megawati Sukarno, the Vice-President of Indonesia; >> Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe, the Vice-President of Uganda; and Madeleine >> Albright, the US Secretary of State who will share their insights and >> experiences on "Women Making A Difference." Women legislators from >> Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Sweden, South Africa and the United States >will >> be among the discussants. >> >> In the afternoon, women from different parts of the world will talk about >> "Strategies for Reaching 50-50 by 2005" to be followed by regional group >> discussions on "Agenda Setting and Elements of a National Plan of Action." >> >> In addition to the launching in New York, part of the global campaign is >to >> collect a million signatures from individuals and organizations declaring >> their support for the campaign to be presented to governments and the UN >> Secretary-General. We would like to ask you to sign on to this statement >and >> return it to WEDO via fax (212)973035 or email wedo@igc.org. >> >> To register for the global launching of the 50-50 campaign on June 8, >2000, >> please fill out and send back the attached form not later than May 26, >2000 >> by fax or email. >> >> We look forward to working with you on this activity as a cosponsoring >> organization. >> >> Very truly yours, >> >> June Zeitlin Socorro >Reyes >> Executive Director Director, Gender >> and Governance Program >> >> >> Launching of the Global Campaign for "50-50 by 2005: Get the Balance >> Right!!" >> >> June 8, 2000 >> 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. >> Ford Foundation Auditorium >> 320 East 43rd Street >> New York, New York >> 10017 USA >> >> Registration Form >> >> >> >> >> Name __________________________________________________________________ >> >> Organization____________________________________________________________ >> >> Address________________________________________________________________ >> Number and Street City State >> >> Country Zip Code >> >> Region__________________________________________________________________ >> >> Telephone No.___________________ Fax_______________ >> >> Email__________________________ >> >> Website (if any)__________________ >> >> Do you represent a network of organizations? If yes, which >> one?____________________________________________________________________ >> >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> >> Contact Address and Telephone No. in NY (for foreign participants) >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> >> to reply by e-mail, please write to dahlia@wedo.org _________________________________________________________________________ fem-Women2000@jca.apc.org for Women 2000, UN Special Session on Beijing+5 Searcheable Archive http://www.jca.apc.org/fem/news/women2000/index.shtml visit fem-net HomePage for other mailing lists http://www.jca.apc.org/fem