Subject: [fem-women2000 377] Argentina takes progressive stance on reproductive rights
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 06:45:28 -0500
Seq: 377
Forwarded by lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org> ---------------- Original message follows ---------------- From: "liz" <liz@gn.apc.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <b5ngonews@lists.sn.apc.org> Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 17:27:34 +0200 Subject: [B5NGONEWS] Argentina takes progressive stance on reproductive rights -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Global Women's Media Team/Electronic News Bulletin distributed by Isis International-Manila mailto:owner-bpfa-news@isiswomen.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Argentina takes progressive stance on reproductive rights by Maria Eugenia Miranda* UNITED NATIONS- Argentina is affirming the position to guarantee sexual and reproductive rights in the discussions of the UN General Assembly Special Session on Women 2000. The Secretary of Foreign Affaires Enrique Candiotti said this position means the delegation is supporting the call for "the right of women to decide freely and responsibly about when and how many children women can have, and to have access to sexual education in order to prevent adolescent pregnancy." Members of women NGOs from Argentina met Cardiotti's speech during the General Assembly, which is reviewing the gains of women since the Fourth International Conference on Women in 1995, positively as they have been fighting for these issues for a long time. "The topic of women and the gender equality is now definitely scripted on the international agenda and constitutes one of the biggest forces of the millennium that we initiate this year," Candioti said. The special session with the theme "Women 2000: Gender, Equality, Development and Peace for the 21st Century," will produce a new document in which the countries will state their commitment to achieve the goals set in the Beijing Platform for Action. This platform called on governments, the international community and the civil sector society or non government organizations to act on 12 priority concerns: Women and poverty; Women and health; Education and training for women; Violence against women; Women and armed conflict; Women and economy; Women in power and decision making; Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women; Human rights for women; Women and media; Women and environment and the girl child. # # # * Maria Eugenia Miranda is a member of the Global Women's Media Team (GWMT) for the UN General Assembly Session to Review the Beijing Platform for Action. The team is composed of NGO women and women journalists from Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe. The GWMT is coordinated by Isis International-Manila and generously supported by UNIFEM-East and Southeast Asia, UNIFEM-South Asia, Canadian International Development Agency-Southeast Asia Gender Equity Programme, UNDP-Latin America and the Caribbean, UNDP-Mongolia, British High Commission in Vanuatu, Foundation for Sustainable Society, Inc; National Centre for Cooperation in Development (NCOS-Pilipinas), World Council of Churches, and WomenAction. ______ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- BPFA-NEWS is archived at: http://www.isiswomen.org/womenet/lists/bpfa-news/archive ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ 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