New York, 10 March: On day one of the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women held at the United Nations yesterday, the Association of Progressive Communications hosted a high level meeting with various delegates to discuss the reprioritisation of Section J of the Beijing platform for Action, which has received inadequate attention since 1995. In the current draft Sustainable Development Goals, gender in the media and ICTs are missing, which is a major concern for gender equality, considering access to media and ICTs are crucial for empowerment…. Read more
CSW59: Sex education-a lifesaving concern
New York, 10 March: At a high level session on the first day of the Commission on the Status of Women yesterday, delegates gathered to highlight the critical need for Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) at all levels of public life. Kate Gilmore of UNFPA, emphasised the need for a stand-alone target and indicator for sex education in the post 2015 development framework… Read more
L’éducation Á la sexualité intégrée, clé de voÁ»te pour faire avancer l’égalité
L’éducation Á la sexualité intégrée dans les écoles et sur tous les lieux de vie des jeunes a fait l’objet d’interventions de haut niveau mardi matin lors de la 59e conférence de la Commission sur la Condition de la Femme au siège des Nations Unies Á New York. Bien que des plans d’action et des programmes d’éducation Á la sexualité intégrée soient appliqués dans plusieurs pays développés et en développement, cette éducation fait toujours l’objet de résistance. Or, tous les intervenants Á cette session ont fait ressortir que, appliquée comme il se doit, l’éducation Á la sexualité intégrée connaît un succès certain auprès des jeunes et constitue la clé de voÁ»te pour faire avancer l’égalité…. Read more
CSW59: Day 1- Preventing and responding to violence against women by Jean-Max Appanah
My first CSW59 side event session at the United Nations began today, Monday 10th March 2015 at the DHL Audition at 11.30am. The proposed theme for discussion was “Preventing and responding to violence against women”. I have this remarkable and unique experience in meeting 2 individuals, just prior to the event, who turned out to be members of the panel. Dr Christina Pallito, a leading figure on the Gender-based Violence Research at the World Health Organization…. Read more
CSW59: Day 1- Grassroots rural women cannot be seen as victims by Gilda Monjane
It is a great pleasure to share my CSW59 experience. The trip to New York (NY) was long and tiring but I did my best to enjoy all of it and not just the events I am travelling to attend in NY. I am from Mozambique and my itinerary included passing from Johannesburg (JHB) and Dubai before reaching NY. The trip took almost more than 24 hours counting with the connection time in the different airports. Flight time was 1h hour from Maputo to JHB, 8 hours from JHB to Dubai and 13 hours from Dubai to NY. I have arrived NY on Sunday, 8th March and went immediately for the Women’s day March…. Read more
Tuesday 10 March 2015 6.15pm UN Church Centre Building Gender Links and the SGPA will hosting a side event to discuss the development of a gender responsive implementation framework for the post 2015 agenda and the importance of strong indicators and targets.
Thursday 12 March 2015 10.00 À“ 11.15 am DAG HAMMARSKJOLD AUDITORIUM, UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK Women and the Media: Advancing Critical Area of Concern J* of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action Download more information
Google hangouts
Thursday 12 March 2015 11.30 am
GL News Service will be hosting a Google Hangout to discuss the need to achieve gender equality in and through the media and how GL is pushing the envelope by conducting baseline research on the representation of people of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities in the media across three regions of Africa. Follow us on Facebook and visit our website to get the details.
Alliance Demands
Alliance Post-2015 Demands
Conduct a thorough and honest review of the last seven years, and use this to reposition for 2030.
Ensure that all gender provisions of the SDG’s are incorporated.
Go further than the SDGs on gender, media and ICTs.
Strengthen the sustainable development provisions of the SADC Gender Protocol.
Strengthen the rights-based language in the SADC Gender Protocol.
Remove contradictions and anomalies around custom, tradition and religion.
Adopt an implementation framework with strong gender disaggregated indicators.
Comment on CSW 59: Newsletter 10 March 2015