| Beijing
and Beyond
United
Nations Fourth World Conference on Women and Summary Articles of Annual
Commission on the Status of Women Meetings
For
up-to-date information on Beijing and Beyond, visit Women Watch
Over
200 representatives from InterAction and its member agencies attended
the 1995 UN Conference and NGO Forum and worked with NGOs from around
the world to shape and secure a strong Platform for Action. The CAW coordinated
the NGO "Conference of Commitments Scoreboard" in Beijing and
widely publicized the commitments which governments made throughout the
following year. These commitments served as a vital bridge to the development
a national action plans, as called for in Platform. Since 1996, the CAW
has continued to promote Conference follow-up, both on the international
and national levels. At the United Nations, the CAW joins forces with
other NGOs to monitor and advance implementation of the Platform for Action
at the annual UN Commission on the Status of Women meetings. At home,
the CAW focuses on holding the US government accountable for action to
attain gender equality. The CAW contributed to the development of the
US National Women's Action Agenda, the US version of the Beijing Platform.
2005
U.N.
Meeting Reaffirms 1995 Women’s Conference Goals After U.S.
Withdraws Abortion Amendment,
March 28, 2005
2004
NGOs Lobby at U.N. Meeting
For Women’s Equal Participation, April 12, 2004
2003
U.N.
Women's Meeting Deadlocks on Violence, NGOs Debate MDGS and Fifth World
Women's Conference, April 14, 2003
2002
Stellar
Visitors Help U.N. Women’s Commission Pay Tribute to Struggles of
Afghan Women, Suzanne Kindervatter, April 8, 2002
2001
Governments
Grapple with Gender Issues in HIV/AIDS and Racism at UN Meeting
(Monday Developments 04/09/01)
African Women Speak
out on HIV/AIDS and Racism
2000
Slow negotiations
Mark Beijing +5 UN Prepcom
CAW
Propels US PVOs to Move Beyond Beijing
1999
UN CSW
Holds Annual Meeting
1998
CSW Annual Meeting
Yields Mixed Results (Monday Developments, 04/06/98)
Progress Made on
Women's Issues Since the Beijing Conference in 1995 (Monday Developments,
03/23/98)
1997
US Women Follow Up
on Beijing Platform for Action with New "National Action
Agenda"
Additional Resources
Beijing+5
Platform for Action
Division on the Advancement
of Women
US Women Connect
Women Action 2000 website
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