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June 05, 2006
UN Reform: What Does It Mean For Women's Rights? The process to reform the United Nations has been under way for a few years now. Given the importance of the UN in advancing human rights, global security, sustainable development and women's empowerment how can we be sure that the fast -paced reforms on the table will really protect and promote women's rights? Women's rights and gender equality advocates have to ensure that accountability to women's human rights is an integral part of the Reform process. Learn more about women's rights and the UN Reform process and take action now for stronger and more responsive gender architecture at the UN. Suggested Reading Gender equality forgotten in UN reform process, by Stephen
Lewis, UN Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa The fourth pillar: Women press for real changes in the UN,
AsiaWOMENet A reformed UN needs a full-fledged women's agency: Questions and
Answers, by Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa Briefing note on women's rights and the "coherence panel" in the UN
reform process Additional Resources: Articles UN Urged to Create Separate Agency for Women, By Thalif Deen, Inter
Press Service Developed Countries Press for Big Changes in UN Structure, by Martin
Khor, South North Development Monitor "In UN reform, Where Are the Women?" by June Zeitlin, WEDO What challenges does UN reform present to women? By Kathambi Kinoti,
AWID Interviews The women's agenda for United Nations reform, an interview with
Charlotte Bunch, by Kathambi Kinoti, AWID The marginalisation of LGBT rights within the United Nations framework,
an interview with Stephen Barris from the International Lesbian and Gay
Association (ILGA) by Rochelle Jones, AWID Documents Organizational Assessment: UNIFEM Past, Present and Future, submitted
to the UNIFEM Consultative Committee by The Advisory Panel to the UNIFEM
Consultative Committee Some Thoughts Drawn from History for the High-level Panel on UN
System-wide Coherence in the Areas of Development, Humanitarian
Assistance, and the Environment, by Louis Emmerij and Richard Jolly Advocates call for the UN Reform to Include a Needs Assessment for
Women's Machineries, by CWGL, WEDO & WILPF Summary of the Panel Discussions "UN Reform: What's in it for
Women?" From Checklists to Scorecards: Review of UNDG Members' Accountability
Mechanisms for Gender Equality, Synthesis Report, By Tony Beck - April
2006 for UNDG Task Force on Gender Equality A United Nations Reform that delivers for Gender Equality and Women's
Empowerment. Source: UNIFEM In Larger Freedom? Comments on the Report of the Secretary-General of
the UN, WHRnet Women Express Discontentment with UN Reform in Open Letter, Source:
GLOW (Global Center for Woman's Politics) Actions to take to advance gender equality in UN reform UN: Act now for UN reform and gender equality, by Ayesha Imam,
WLUML/Baobab For more information visit The Center for Women's Global Leadership Women's Environment & Development Organization Third World Network Women's International League for Peace and Freedom ReformtheUN.org |