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RESEARCH - RESOURCES - REFERENCES - TIMING - RELEVANCE

 

WUNRN has for years, been selective of documentation and resources that are more recent, as in the past two years. However, more in-depth analysis has shown that some earlier documents, references, remain highly significant, and have been linked to specific events, themes, even funding, in a past context.

 

Examples would be Beijing Reviews as +10 and + 15, CEDAW Committee Member State Reports/Conclusions and Country Reports of many more UN Treaty Body Committees such as ESCR, CSW Expert Papers & Reports, Research of time-specific Studies and follow up Reports,  Rio + 20. Special Rapporteur Reports and Country Mission Reviews, Special Rapporteur and Independent Expert Statements as the SR Torture linkage of Acid Attacks to Torture, UN SC Resolution 1325 Anniversary Focus, Geographical Regions/Countries of High Attention - as Egypt, Palestine, India. UN Resolutions have continued timeliness. Conferences as AWID, World Social Forum, Women's Worlds, have documents and visuals that are highly meaningful over years. The 16 Days Campaign Against Violence has many references that retain relevance over time. Some issues as HIV/AIDS and women, may have received more funding and publications at a previous time, but still prevail for attention.

 

There is a profound need for Gender Statistics, and research statistics disaggregated for women and girls. Indeed, current statistics give a more updated picture on issues. But, comparison of data over time is meaningful.

 

It is also of value for us to look at women's multigenerational issues over years, throughout the life cycle. With today's many communication technologies available, documenting women's history can be our gift to future generations.

 

Documentation, photos, links, testimonials, of gender-relevant issues over time as stoning, crimes of honor, FGM, women and extreme poverty, land rights, widows issues, rights of women and girls with disabilities, inheritance rights, hunger and malnutrition, violence against women including femicide, child and forced marriage, birth registration and citizenship, women and water, gender and climate change and natural disasters, women in conflict/war - refugee and displaced women, continue to be part of our realities as women; and past references can, indeed, provide leverage, documentation to move forward human rights and social justice for women and girls around the world.

 

So, in our challenges of substantive advocacy, we can look to the past, present, and future, attentive to the Archives of Women, and how they will move us forward in this complex world.

 

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