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Date |
Theme |
International commitments |
Sub-themes |
New issues to be highlighted |
Expert panelists/ facilitators |
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2 March 2005 |
Women’s human rights |
· Education & training of women (BPFA) · Achieve universal primary education (MDG) · Women & health (BPFA) · Improve maternal mortality (MDG) · Reduce child mortality (MDG) · The girl child (PFA) · Vienna Declaration |
· Reproductive health · Sexual rights and autonomy · Education · Teenage pregnancy · The girl child |
Reproductive health in the context of HIV |
Africa South North |
|
3 March 2005 |
Economy and sustainable development |
· Women & poverty (BPFA) · Women & the economy (BPFA) · Women & the environment (BPFA) · Eradication of extreme poverty & hunger (MDG) · Ensure environmental sustainability (MDG) |
· Poverty · Globalisation/ trade liberalisation and its impact on women · Structural adjustment · Sustainable development · Natural disasters |
· Gender budgeting (gender in macro economic policies) · Women’s access to land and land rights |
Africa South North |
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4 March 2005 |
Gender and governance |
· Women in power and decision-making (BPFA) · Promote gender equality and women’s empowerment (MDG) |
· Scorecard- different areas of decision making · 50/50 campaigns · Beyond numbers: Impact of women in decision- making · Women in peacebuilding and post conflict reconstruction · Use of new constitutional processes to include gender provisions |
· Quota debates · Women as citizens (denial of basic entitlements by law and custom) |
Africa South North |
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7 March 2005 |
HIV/AIDS |
· Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases (MDG) · Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS agreed by acclamation at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS in June 2001 |
· Links between HIV/AIDS and gender inequality · Prevention · Treatment · Care |
Women’s burden of care Young women (Absence of discourse on sexuality. Talking about sexuality is still taboo) |
Africa South North |
|
8 March 2005: International Women’s Day |
Gender-based violence |
· Violence against women (BPFA) · Women and armed conflict (BPFA) |
· Domestic violence · Sexual violence · Psychological violence · Economic violence · VAW during war and conflict · Involving men · Legislation · HIV/AIDS & gender violence |
· Sexual violence as a weapon of war · Trafficking of women |
Africa South North |
|
9 March 2005 |
Media and communication |
Women & the media (BPFA) |
· The right to communicate · The gender digital divide · Challenging gender stereotypes in and through media · Women in the media and IT |
Communication as a right ICTs & bridging the gender digital divide |
Africa South North |
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10 March 2005 |
Looking ahead: structures and processes |
· Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women (BPFA) · Develop a global partnership for development (MDG) |
· Government structures · The women’s movement · Young women and feminism · Backlash / conservatism rolling back gains Role of the men’s movement *(identity politics –marginalising women’s issues (nation/culture/religion) and fundamentalisms) |
· Weakening of the women’s movement · UNECA Gender Development Index |
Africa South North |
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