Political Declaration, outcome document, 4 March 2005

CSW Adopts 10 Resolutions, UN Press Release, 11 March 2005

CSW Calendar of Events, Bureau of the CSW, 25 Feb 2005

Background/Issues Papers for the Gov'tal Roundtable and Panels

UN Press Release on B+10

Quick guide: High Level events planned for the Review

General Assembly Resolution on Beijing Review Adopted in 3rd Committee

UN On-line Discussion on Beijing @ WomenWatch

Overview (provisional) of the 49th CSW/Beijing Review
Bureau of the CSW,
October 2004  

ECOSOC resolution on NGO/civil society participation in the 49th CSW 

ECOSOC resolution on preparations for the 49th CSW
4 August 2004  

Review of the methods of work of the Commission on the Status of Women: Report of the Secretary-General
UN Secretary-General, Jan 2004

Expert Consultation on Regional Perspectives in the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the Outcome of the Twenty-Third Special Session of the General Assembly
UN Division for the Advancement of Women, Aide-Mémoire, May 2004

Report on Gender and Development: 10 years after Beijing
The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), for March 2005
UNRISD is preparing a research-based policy report on gender and development in order to shed light on some of the critical policy issues highlighted in the Beijing Platform for Action.

Progress Report on the Implementation of the Beijing Critical Areas of Concern
The United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) is carrying out a series of activities designed to measure the global progress that has been made on the achievement of the 12 Critical Areas, and associated strategic objectives, set forth in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, including a progress report on each of the 12 Crticial Areas.
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US Explanation of Position on the Political Declaration, 4 March 2005

B10 Govtal Statements

Women, peace and security references in B10 govtal statements

CANZ Statement on Working Methods of the CSW, 22 March 2005

Govtal and UN parallel side events during B+10, 28 Feb-11 March, New York

Questionnaire to Governments on Implementation of the Beijing Platform
See 102 Governments' responses to the questionnaire!

French Government Launches Partners for Beijing Initiative

Ministerial Declaration of the Conference of Ministers of Gender Equality, European Union Ministers, Working Document, Luxembourg, 4 February 2005
website for event

Intl Org of Francophone Countries Reaffirms the BPfA, 27 Nov 2004

Widows, Inheritance and Human Rights, UNIFEM, Widows for Peace Through Democracy, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), NGO side event, Report, 4 March 2005

Beijing Betrayed: Women worldwide report that governments have failed to turn the Platform into action, March 2005

NGO Concluding Statement on CSW49/Beijing +10, NGO Linkage Caucus, New York, 9 March 2005

Women's News and Media on Beijing +10, Women's Media Pool

NGO parallel side events during B+10, 28 Feb-11 March, New York

Gender Links B Plus 10 Cyber Dialogues

500+ signatories!
Civil Society Sign-on Letter:
Calling Governments to Universally Reaffirm and Implement the Beijing Platform for Action
NGO CSW International Planning Group, 2005

NGO Consultation in preparation for Beijing Review: From Mexico City to Beijing and Beyond: Realizing the Vision
27 February 2005, 8:30am-6:00pm, Barnard College, New York, USA
Sponsored by the NGO CSW, New York
For more information contact:
ngo_csw_ny@hotmail.com

Consultation with Women’s Rights Groups on the Beijing Platform for Action and the Millennium Declaration
Convened by the Millennium Campaign, UNIFEM and the Heinrich Böll Foundation, 2-4 Dec 2004, New York

International Initiative
B+10 Week of Action 1-8 March 2005, background information
B+10 Semana de Acción Global por los Derechos de la Mujer 1-8 marzo 2004, información de fondo
B+10 Semaine Internationale d’Action 1-8 Mars 2005, contexte et antécédents
For more information, click here.

Beijing +10 In depth: Conference on Women Review and related information   website
Choike.org, a project of Third World Institute, Uruguay

Beijing +10: Protect Global Policy Promises to Women   website
Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)

Words and Deeds: Holding Governments Accountable in the Beijing + 10 Review Process
Equality Now, March 2004
Palabras y Hechos: Haciendo a los Gobiernos Responsables en el Proceso de Evaluación de Beijing + 10
Igualdad Ya, Marzo 2004
Des mots et des faits: Bilan des actions gouvernementales dix ans après la Conférence de Pékin
Egalite Maintenant, Mars 2004

2005 CSW Review of the Beijing Platform for Action (Beijing +10) : NGO Discussions at the 48th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 1-12 March 2004
Center for Women’s Global Leadership, the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, and the Women’s Environment and Development Organization, April 2004
2005 Comisión de la Condicion Juridica y Social de la Mujer (CSW) Revisión de la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing (Beijing +10): Discusiones de las ONG en la 48ava Sesión de la CSW, 1 al 12 de marzo del 2004
Informe del Centro para el Liderazgo Global de la Mujer, el Comité de ONG para la CSW y la Organización de Mujeres en Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo (WEDO). April 2004

Beijing + 10 Review: A Feminist Strategy for 2004-05
A Working Paper for NGOS on How to Move Forward, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, March 2004

Europe and North America
ECE Website on the Review of Beijing

• ECE Outcome Document

• US Explanation of Position on the Outcome Document

• NGO Forum Report

• Gender equality: a lot more needs to be done, UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Press Release, 15 Dec 2004

• Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action by the European Union (1995-2005)
European Women's Lobby (EWL), December 2004

• Alternative Report to the UK Questionnaire Response of Progress of the Platform for Action and the Outcome of the Twenty-Third Session of the General Assembly
Northern Ireland Women’s European Platform (NIWEP), December 2004

UNECE Website on the Review of Beijing, website Oct 2004

Western Asia
ESCWA Website on the Review of Beijing

• Beruit Declaration: Arab Women Ten Years After Beijing Call for Peace

Africa
UNECA Website on the Reivew of Beijing  
• African NGO Forum and Ministerial meeting, Oct 2004

• From Beijing to Addis Ababa: What has progressed for African women?
Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson,
Pambazuka 176, Editorial, 30 September 2004

• African Women NGO Forum to review progress on Beijing commitments
Pamela Mhlanga, Southern African News Features, 04 no 70, July 2004  

• North Africa Beijing +10 Meeting: Need to Consolidate the Regional Perspective to Better Meet Challenges Ahead, Economic Commissioin for Africa (ECA), Press Release, 09/2004, 21 April 2004

• Beijing + 10: with specific reference to North Africa
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Press Release, 08/2004, 13 April 2004

Latin America
ECLAC Website on the Review of Beijing

• Feministas Beijing +10 Website

• Barco Feminista Navega Hacia Beijing +10, RIF/FIRE, Porto Alegre, Foro Social Mundial V, 28 enero 2005

• ECLAC Outcome Document

• Reservations on the Outcome Document

• Declaracion de la Sociedad Civil
12 de junio de 2004

• Audio de la Conferencia sobre la Mujer de America Latina y el Caribe, Radio Internacional Feminista (FIRE)

• Novena Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe, 8 y 9 para ONGs, 10 al 12 de junio de 2004, Comision Economica para America Latina y El Caribe (CEPAL) de las Naciones Unidas, México, D.F.

Asia-Pacific
ESCAP Website on the Review of Beijing

• ESCAP Outcome Document

• Reservations on the ESCAP Outcome Document

Asia-Pacific NGO Forum   website
July 2004

Regional Perspectives on the Implementation of the BPFA and the Outcome of the Twenty-Third Special Session of the General Assembly
Division for the Advancement of Women, 7 May 2004, 3-5 p.m., Conf Rm 1, UN, New York

Bureau of the Commission on the Status of Women

Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, Chairperson (Republic of Korea)

Ms. Marine Davtyan, Vice Chairperson (Republic of Armenia)

Ms. Tebatso Future Baleseng, Vice-Chairperson (Botswana)

Ms. Beatrice Maille, Vice-Chairperson (Canada)

Ms. Romy Tincopa, Vice-Chairperson (Peru)