Subject: [fem-women2000 403] IWTC Women's Globalnet #152
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 06:57:17 +0900
Seq: 403
今号のグローバルネットは、女性のメディアネットワークが女性2000年会議 （国連女性特別総会、北京＋５）の情報発信に果たした役割について、 Women Action のプレスリリース。 Forwarded by lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org> ---------------- Original message follows ---------------- From: iwtc <iwtc@iwtc.org> To: iwtc-womensglobalnet@igc.topica.com Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 14:52:35 -0700 Subject: Women's Globalnet #152 -- IWTC Women's GlobalNet #152 Activities and Initiatives of Women Worldwide by Anne S. Walker 20 June 2000 WOMEN'S MEDIA NETWORKS SPREAD THE NEWS DURING UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL SESSION ON WOMEN: MAINSTREAM MEDIA COVERAGE MINIMAL AT BEST WomenAction 2000, a global network of women's information and media organizations, continues to receive praise from around the world for providing daily coverage of the UN Women 2000 meeting held in New York >from June 5-9. "Most of the world's press, including the New York Times, said not a word to herald the launch of the week-long conference," wrote Michele Landsberg, who was kept informed by WomenAction, in the Toronto Star on June 10th. There were a couple of articles concerning Hillary Clinton's visit to the Special Session, and one or two human interest stories, but generally, coverage by the mainstream media was poor or non-existent. On the other hand, WomenAction 2000 provided listeners and readers throughout the world with a daily flow of information. Two daily newspapers, one global (WomenAction) the other specifically on African issues (Flamme), were produced as tabloids and disseminated via email lists and the WomenAction 2000 web site. A daily Internet TV program (predominantly French) and daily Internet-based radio broadcasts (predominantly Spanish) brought the conference to many viewers and listeners. The WomenAction 2000 Internet Cafe, situated at the Church Center opposite the UN General Assembly building, provided access to women to send thousands of messages to their constituencies and to receive information. One WomenAction 2000 partner trained a group of NGOs in journalism skills and the 40 ensuing articles were sent home for publication and/or broadcasting. WomenAction's reports brought to light the difficulties many women's organizations and governments face in implementing the Beijing Platform for Action. "We regret there was not enough political will on the part of some governments and the UN system to agree on a stronger document with more concrete benchmarks, numerical goals, time-bound targets, indicators, and resources aimed at implementing the Beijing Platform For Action," said a prominent NGO representative at the end of the meeting. But many gains were mentioned. One gain was in the area of violence against women, and for the first time, the UN addressed the issue of honour killings and forced marriage. in addition, the official Outcomes Document called for comprehensive mechanisms to stop dowry-related violence and marital rape. In the area of human rights, there is a call to ratify the Optional Protocol of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and to recognize the specific needs and rights of indigenous women. For more information on the Special Session, please consult the website set up by the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) for Beijing follow-up actions, in conjunction with WomenWatch, the collaborative website of DAW, UNIFEM and INSTRAW URL: <http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/followup> In the period leading up to the UN Beijing Plus Five meeting, WomenAction 2000 was instrumental in making it possible for women's organizations to become involved in preparations for the meeting. "Thanks to WomenAction, we women of Eastern Europe have been able to organize ourselves, set up a web site and conduct online discussions," European WomenAction 2000 participant Lenka Simerska of the Czech Republic said during the first UN-Cyberfemmes TV broadcast. WomenAction 2000 will continue to provide information for the advancement of women using interactive TV, radio, web sites and email lists. ====================================================== Background and Information WomenAction 2000 is a global coalition of women's information and media organizations to ensure world access to the decisions made during the UN Special Session of the General Assembly entitled 'Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the 21st Century', New York, June 5-9, 2000. The Special Session was a follow-up to the 4th UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995, where a comprehensive Platform for Action established guidelines for governments to advance the status of women. The WomenAction global website contains resources to assist NGOs in their efforts to monitor the implementation of the PFA in their own countries, and is also a gateway to regional WomenAction 2000 sites along with other links to women's action websites. URL: <http://www.womenaction.org>. For more information on WomenAction 2000, contact: WA2000 Global Coordinator Karen Banks of APC-WNSP UK E-mail: <karenb@gn.apc.or> or WA2000 Co-Coordinator Anne S. Walker of IWTC, New York E-mail: <annewalker@iwtc.org> For information on specific projects, contact: Interactive TV: Joelle Palmieri, Les Penelopes, France. E-mail: <info@penelopes.org> Web-based Radio: Maria Saurez, FIRE, Costa Rica. E-mail: <femintra@hotmail.com> WomenAction Newspaper: Daphne Plou, Editor, APC/Argentina. E-mail: <daphne@sinectis.com.ar> African Newspaper/Flamme: E-mail: <flamme@sn.apc.org> Global Media Project: Mavic Balleza, Isis-International/Manila. E-mail: <mavic@isiswomen.org> This issue of IWTC Women's GlobalNet has been adapted from a press release written by Lin Pugh of WomenAction 2000, Manager, Knowledge Sharing Program, IIAV International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement, Obiplein 4, 1094 RB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel: (31-20) 665-1318. Fax: (31-20) 665-5812. Web; <http://www.iiav.nl. IWTC Women's GlobalNet is a production of: International Women's Tribune Centre 777 United Nations Plaza 3rd Floor New York, NY 10017, USA Tel: (1-212) 687-8633 Fax: (1-212) 661-2704 Email: <iwtc@iwtc.org> You can subscribe to this list at any time by sending a blank message to iwtc-womensglobalnet-subscribe@igc.topica.com You can unsubscribe to this list at any time by sending a blank message to iwtc-womensglobalnet-unsubscribe@igc.topica.com WOMEN, INK. For quality, cutting-edge publications on women and development by, for and about women worldwide, see Women, Ink's catalogue at our web site: <http://www.womenink.org>. Or contact Women, Ink. at 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA. Tel: Yasna Uberoi (1-212) 687-8633 ext 212 or Mary Wong (1-212) 687-8633 ext 204. Fax: (1-212) 661-2704. 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