Subject: [fem-women2000 620] Onsite Report from 45th Session of the UNCSW - No. 5
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 02:37:33 -0500
Seq: 620
Forwarded by lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org> ---------------- Original message follows ---------------- From: kathy clarin <kathy@isiswomen.org> To: apwomen2000@isiswomen.org Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 12:42:58 +0800 Subject: [apwomen2000] Onsite Report from 45th Session of the UNCSW - No.= 5 -- Distributed by Isis International-Manila - linking women, sharing knowledge, engendering change -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Onsite Report from 45th Session of the UNCSW - No. 5 source: Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, Isis International-Manila <mavic@isiswomen.org> <fgballeza@yahoo.com> date: 03.13.01 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 09 March 2001 =96Onsite report from the Forti-fifth Session of the Commissi= on on the Status of Women. Asia-Pacific NGOs Strategise at CSW Women from Asia-Pacific attending the forty-fifth UN CSW Session formed the= Asia-Pacific Caucus and met to outline their lobbying strategies around the= issue of racism, one of the thematic issue of this year=92s CSW meeting. Organised by the Asia-Pacific Women=92s Watch, the meetings focused on the region=92s lobby document that addresses the issues of violence against women; migration and trafficking; women in armed conflict situations; the role of media in giving voice to women from minority backgrounds; and displaced persons and refugees. Moreover, the lobby document discusses the intersectionality of these issues with racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance. Meanwhile, representatives of the Asia-Pacific Caucus have linked up with the African and Latin American regional caucuses to form the Southern Women=92s Caucus and assert the common gender and race issues among the thr= ee Southern regions. The common issues identified were Indigenous Peoples, including Hunter-Gatherers and Pastoralists; Migrants and Trafficked Persons; and Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees. These issues, according to a statement prepared by the Southern Women=92s Caucus are located in the legacy of patriarchal colonialism. Patriarchal colonialism, according to the group, was=97and continues to be=97responsible for histori= cal and contemporary injustice. Moreover, the group stressed that patriarchal colonialism intensified internal dynamics of ethnic-, religious-, gender- and class-based dominance within the formerly colonised nations of the Sout= h. Prepared by Mavic Cabrera-Balleza Isis International-Manila =3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d= =3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d= =3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d=3d APWOMEN2000 is a general announcement list created to facilitate information and resource sharing for the NGO review process in Asia and the Pacific for the Beijing Platform for Action. Send postings to <owner-apwomen2000@isiswomen.org>. APWOMEN2000 is archived at: http://www.isiswomen.org/womenet/lists/apwomen2000/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