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Wednesday, 28 October 2009 18:25 |
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Summary Report and Declaration
Thai Women Forum:
National Consultation on Beijing + 15 Review
15-18 September 2009, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Thai Women Forum 2009: National Consultation on Beijing +15 was held during 15 – 18 September, 2009. The event was part of the national review on the occasion of 15 years of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. It was co-organized by the Office of Women’s Affairs and Family Development, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security and Thai WomenWatch. Over 900 women and men, representatives of government and non-government organizations, grassroots and community workers, people with disabilities, ethnic minorities as well as various marginalized groups from all 76 provinces of Thailand attended the four days event.
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Saturday, 24 October 2009 10:18 |
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by Nina Somera, Isis International
Manila, Philippines - (23 October 2009) "It's very real. It's very now."
This was how Ofa Guttenbeil Likiliki described the persistent violations against women's human rights in her country, Tonga. In September 2009, Tongan Prime Minister Dr. Feleti Sevele announced his cabinet's decision not to ratify the Convention of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
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Friday, 23 October 2009 16:05 |
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ONSITE REPORT
by Nina Somera, Isis International
Manila, Philippines (23 October 2009) - At the opening of the Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing + 15 at Miriam College, feminists who have lobbied hard at the United Nations (UN) and beyond through the years piece together their memories of struggles and hopes for the future.
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Friday, 23 October 2009 10:38 |
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by Nina Somera, Isis International
Manila - (22 October 2009) The Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing + 15 opened today here at Miriam College in the Philippines, with no less than Noeleen Heyzer, United Nations Undersecretary General and UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Executive Secretary gracing the process.
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Friday, 23 October 2009 10:26 |
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by Jasmine Ong
Speaking at the opening of the three-day Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing+15 at Miriam College in Quezon City yesterday, United Nations Under-Secretary-General Noeleen Heyzer touched on the timely topic of climate change, saying that "women and children are 14 times more likely to be victims of natural disasters than men in societies where gender inequalities exist."
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