Beijing Platform for Action

Beijing Platform for Action debate in the House of Lords - Tuesday 22 March 2005

WEDO (Women's Environment and Development Organisation) have produced a book entitled ' Beijing Betrayed' which is a report on Governments who have failed to turn the Platform into Action www.wedo.org/files/gmr_pdfs/gmr2005.pdf

Commission for the Status of Women (CSW)

European Women's Lobby's Delegation during the first week of the 2005 Commission for the Status of Women

CEDAW

UK Fifth Periodic Report to the CEDAW Committee

CEDAW Committee's concerns and recommendations to the 1999 CEDAW submission by the UK Government

The CEDAW 36^th Session from 7 to 25 August 2006 reports from Cape Verde, Chile, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Georgia, Ghana, Jamica, Mauritius, Mexico, Philippines, Republic of Moldovia, Uzbekistan are now available......

Conflict

We the Women- why conflict mediation is not just a job for men - The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue- ' 

Consultation Responses

Submission to the Response to the Gender Equality Strategy consultation document by the Gender Equality Unit of the OFMDFM now available in Publications 

Submission to the new Post Conflict Reconciliation Unit at Westminster

The summarised responses to the consultation by the OFMDFM Taking Our Place In Europe - Northern Ireland's Strategy 2004 - 2008  which  closed on 29 September 2004.  

EWL  Letter to UN Member States and UN Secretary General

Lobbying  

 ....Gender Equality and peace negotiations..... read more

Millennium Development Goals (MDG)

European Commission Unveils MDG (Millennium development Goals) Package

The Millennium Development Goals  - world governments are due to meet in a summit in September to discuss their reports to the Secretary-General - what do women need to do? 

In preparing for the summit the Report of the Secretary General - In Larger Freedom: towards development, security and human rights for all; from the fifty-ninth session a follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit has caused an outcry from the women's movement in its lack of reference to gender equality.  A letter has gone to the secretary general in protest from women from around the world including the Platform.

The Global Call to Action against Poverty is a worldwide alliance committed to pressuring world leaders to fulfill their promises including those outlined by the United Nations Millennium Declaration.  Hundreds of civil society organisations from all over the world including women's groups, trade unions, faith groups and human rights organisations are joining in order to end poverty and both achieve and exceed the Millennium Development Goals.  More information on this initiative can be found at: http://www.whiteband.org

Public Appointments

A Guide to Public Appointments in Northern Ireland Public Appointments Northern Ireland

Publications

NIWEP Publications

RPA

RPA Pathways to Access and Participation Conference 6 September 2005 - Speech by Bronagh Hinds, QUB Institute of Governance - Increasing Female Participation in Public Life

Statistics

Measuring gender differences among Europe's knowledge workers.........

Trafficking

The United Nations Office of the Drugs and Crime has launched a toolkit to help Goverments, policy-makers, law enforement agencies and NGOs tackling trafficking more effectively..... read more.....

United Nations

A position paper on the UN reform has been prepared by Litha Musyimi-Ogana Advisor: Gender, Parliamentary Affairs & Civil Society Organisations (CSO), South Africa.....

UN Security Council 1325

Read the latest news (issue 58) from Peacewomen in relation to UNSC1325 with an article about the Trial held in Parliament Buildings 

Summary of the Trial of UNSCR 1325 at Stormont

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 - Women, Peace and Security

 Brief report on Wilton Park conference on Women Peace and Security and the Associate Parlimentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (UNSCR 1325).... click here......