NGO STATEMENT ON THE US PROPOSED AMENDMENT

TO THE DRAFT DECLARATION OF THE 49^TH SESSION OF THE CSW
Tuesday, March 1, 2005

 

The purpose of this Session of the CSW – the UN body charged specifically with advancing the status of women – is to reaffirm the Beijing Platform for Action, not to move backward or undermine it.

 

We, representatives of civil society organizations from all regions of the world, celebrate the historic achievement for women’s human rights that the Platform represents. We strongly applaud the statement by Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Platform adopted in 1995 was “a giant step forward” and “that gender equality is critical to the development and peace of every nation,” and we affirm his call for specific targeted actions to realize women’s rights in ALL areas.

 

In this light, we urge government delegations to oppose unequivocally the amendment to the Draft Declaration proposed by the United States. Let’s affirm the Platform fully and move forward.

 

 

1.                  Academia de Derechos Humanos (México)

2.                  Action Canada for Population and Development ACPD (Canada)

3.                  ADEUEM (Argentina)

4.                  Agencia de Derechos Humanos (Brazil)

5.                  AHIP (Nigeria)

6.                  ALVF (Cameroun)

7.                  Amnesty International

8.                  ARROW (Malaysia)

9.                  Artemisa-Grupo Interdisciplinario en Género, Sexualidad, Salud y Derechos Humanos (Mexico)

10.              Articulação de ONGs de Mulheres Negras Brasileiras

11.              Articulación de Mujeres Brasileñas

12.              Articulación Feminista Marcosur, Red Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Educación Popular con Mujeres (REPEM)

13.              Articulacion Feminista Mercosur

14.              Asia Pacific Women’s Watch

15.              Asociación de Lucha por la Identidad Travesti y Transexual (Argentina)

16.              Association des Femmes Tunisiennes pour la Recherche et le Developpement (Tunisia).

17.              Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)

18.              Association of Citizens Akcija Zdruzhenska (Macedonia)

19.              Association of Women Journalists (Russia)

20.              Association Tunisienne de Femmes Démocrates

21.              ASTRA Central and Eastern European Women’s Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

22.              B.a.B.e. Women’s Human Rights Groups (Croatia)

23.              Banulacht (Ireland)

24.              Campaña Latinoamericana y Caribeña 28 de Septiembre

25.              Campaña por una Convención Interamericana de Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos

26.              Caribbean Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA)

27.              Caribbean Women’s Health Network

28.              Casa de Mujer de la Unión (Uruguay)

29.              Catholics for a Free Choice

30.              Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir (Argentina)

31.              Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir América Latina

32.              Center for Creative Progress (Georgia)

33.              Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance

34.              Center for Equality Advancement (Lithuania)

35.              Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), USA

36.              Center for Women’s Social Policy (Bulgaria)

37.              Centre for Global Women’s Leadership (USA)

38.              Centre for Reproductive Rights (USA)

39.              Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán (Perú)

40.              CHOICE (USA)

41.              CIPAF (Dominican Republic)

42.              Comité de América Latina y el Caribe por los Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres (CLADEM)

43.              Consorcio para el Diálogo Parlamentario y la Equidad (México)

44.              Coordinadora Política Juvenil (Ecuador)

45.              Cotidiano Mujer (Uruguay)

46.              CTA (Argentina)

47.              DECIDIR (Bolivia)

48.              DECIDIR (Uruguay)

49.              Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)

50.              Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights

51.              Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (Egypt)

52.              El Closet de Sor Juana (México)

53.              Elige-Red de Jóvenes por los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (Mexico)

54.              Enlace Continental de Mujeres Indígenas

55.              Equality Now (USA)

56.              Equidad de Género, Ciudadanía, Trabajo y Familia (México)

57.              European Roma Rights Center

58.              European Women’s Lobby

59.              European Youth Network YouACT

60.              Eve and the Snake (USA)

61.              FAFIA (Canada)

62.              Family Care International

63.              Family Planning and Sexual Health Association (Lithuania)

64.              Family Planning Association of Lebanon

65.              Feminist League (Kazakhstan)

66.              Feministas en Acción (Argentina)

67.              FEMNET Africa

68.              Filipina (Philippines)

69.              Foro de Derechos Reproductivos (Argentina)

70.              Foro de Mujeres y Políticas de Población (México)

71.              Forum of Women’s NGOs (Kyrgyzstan)

72.              Fundación Mujer, (Argentina)

73.              Fundación para el Estudio y la Investigación de la Mujer-FEIM (Argentina)

74.              Gender Advocacy Program (South Africa)

75.              Gender Education Research and Technologies (Bulgaria)

76.              Girls Power Initiative (Nigeria)

77.              Grupo de Información para la Reproducción Elegida GIRE (México)

78.              Human Rights Watch (USA)

79.              INCRESE (Nigeria)

80.              INFORM (Sri Lanka)

81.              INGTA/LAC

82.              Iniciativa Centroamericana de Seguimiento a Beijing (Honduras)

83.              Institute of Social and Gender Policy, Russia

84.              Instituto da Mulher Negra GELEDES (Brazil)

85.              Instituto Mujer y Sociedad (Uruguay)

86.              Interdisciplinary Gender Studies Group (Poland)

87.              Internacional Lesbian and Gay Associacion – LAC (ILGALAC)

88.              International Conservation Union (IUCN)

89.              International Council of Jewish Women, Movimiento Manuela Ramos (Peru)

90.              International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Comisión (LHRC)

91.              International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)

92.              International Women’s Health Coalition

93.              IPAS (USA)

94.              JOICP (Japan)

95.              Jóvenes por los Derechos Sexuales

96.              Karat Coalition – Network of NGOs of Eastern and Central Europe

97.              Kosovar Gender Studies Center (Kosova)

98.              Las Dignas (El Salvador)

99.              Las Dignas (El Salvador)

100.          Lebanese Family Planning Association

101.          Lentswe La Rona

102.          Liberal Society Institute (Ukraine)

103.          MADRE (USA)

104.          Marcha Mundial de las Mujeres (México)

105.          Mujer y Medio Ambiente (México)

106.          Mujer y Salud (Uruguay)

107.          Network for East-West Women

108.          Network of Asia-Pacific Youth NAPY

109.          Network of East-West Women/Polska

110.          New Woman Foundation (Egypt)

111.          New Zealand Family Planning Association

112.          NWRC (Egypt)

113.          Organization of Women of the City of Skopje (Macedonia)

114.          Oxfam (U.K.)

115.          Pilipina Legal Resources Center (Philippines)

116.          Polish Federation for Women and Family Planning

117.          Population Action International PAI (USA)

118.          Red de Género y Economía (México)

119.          Red de Género y Medio Ambiente (México)

120.          Red de Jóvenes (Brasil)

121.          Red de Monitoreo de Políticas de Género (Argentina)

122.          Red de Mujeres Afrocaribeñas y Afrolatinoamericanas

123.          Red de Mujeres Negras (Brazil)

124.          Red de Salud de las Mujeres de Latinoamericana y el Caribe

125.          Red de Violencia contra las Mujeres de Centroamérica

126.          Red Internacional de Género y Comercio

127.          Red Latinoamericana Mujer y Habitat

128.          Red Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Jóvenes por los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (REDLAC)

129.          Red Nacional de Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (Ecuador)

130.          Red Nacional de Mujeres Periodistas (México)

131.          Red por los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos DDSER (México)

132.          Red Siempre (Puerto Rico)

133.          Réseau des Femmes Africaines Economistes (Mali)

134.          Roma Women’s Initiative (Romania)

135.          Rural Women’s NGO “Alga” (Kyrgyzstan)

136.          SAF (Yemen)

137.          Salud Integral para la Mujer SIPAM (México)

138.          Servicios Integrales para la Mujer, SI MUJER (Nicaragua)

139.          Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (Middle East, North Africa and South-East Asia)

140.          Sexuality Information and Education Council – SIECUS (USA)

141.          Slovak-Czech Women’s Fund

142.          St. Petersburg Center “Strategy” (Russia)

143.          The Netherlands Council of Women

144.          Themis Asesoría Jurídica y Estudios de Género (Brazil)

145.          Ukrainian Women’s Fund

146.          WILDAF

147.          Women Alliance for Development (Bulgaria)

148.          Women for Women Human Rights WWHR– New Ways (Turkey)

149.          Women in Development Europe (WIDE)

150.          Women in HIV/AIDS Leadership Initiative

151.          Women’s Edge (USA)

152.          Women’s Environment and Development Organization

153.          Women’s Front (Norway)

154.          Women’s Health and Family Planning (Ukraine)

155.          Women’s Health Foundation

156.          Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice

157.          Women’s International Coalition for Economic Justice – WICEJ

158.          World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women

159.          Youth Coalition

160.          Youth Network for Gender Equality CEE/CIS (Georgia)