CSW 59, Newsletter 12 March 2015

News and Opinion

Informations et opinions
CSW 59 : La Southern Africa Gender Protocol Alliance travaille sur le renforcement du PSG post 2015
CSW 59: Chapeau bas pour le nombre élevé de participantes

Drivers of Change blogs
CSW59: Day 3- Moving the agenda forward for women and girls by Jean-Max Appanah
CSW59: Day 2- Issues of maternal health unpacked by Nyasha Mazango

Events

Google hangouts

Alliance Demands

New York, 12 March: The Malawi government delegation is the attending the ongoing 59th session of the Commission on the Status on Women (CSW59) in New York, and has committed to join hands with Southern African countries to strengthen and renew the SADC Gender Protocol (SGP), which expires this year. The current SGP is aligned to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which also expire in September. The review of the SGP provides an opportunity to strengthen the regional instrument in line with the global MDG review process and appointment of the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…. Read more

CSW59: Young women crucial for gender equality fight

New York, 12 March: For the 59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, it seems as though the United Nations has heeded the call, “Nothing about us without us.” For the first time in its history, this year’s session has recorded the highest number of youth participating at the meeting and a record 8600 civil society activists have signed up to attend this year’s CSW… Read more

L’année 2015 est une année charnière pour l’égalité entre les sexes dans la mesure où elle sonne l’échéance des huit Objectifs du Millénaire pour le Développement (OMD) datant de l’an 2000, de même que celle des 28 dispositions du Protocole de la SADC sur le Genre et le Développement (PSG) de 2008, inspirées de ces OMD mais couvrant des domaines jusque-lÁ  non traités. Et 2015 est aussi l’Année de la Femme que les femmes de l’Afrique australe veulent plutôt entrevoir comme l’Année de la Femme africaine. Comme en 2014, les Nations Unies ont mis sur pied des comités pour revoir les OMD qui sont passés désormais Á  17 et qui ont été rebaptisés Objectifs pour le Développement Durable (ODD), la Southern Africa Gender Protocol Alliance qui est Á  la base de la signature et de la ratification du PSG par les chefs d’Etats de 13 des 15 pays de la SADC, veut saisir la balle au bond et Á  son tour renforcer le PSG post 2015 dont l’échéance sera pour…… Read more

CSW 59: Chapeau bas pour le nombre élevé de participantes

New York, 12 mars: Pour la 59e session de la commission sur la condition de la femme, il semblerait que les Nations Unies aient entendu l’appel des femmes Á  l’effet «qu’aucune décision les concernant ne soit prise sans consultation avec elles ». Et pour la première fois de son histoire, la session de 2015 a enregistré un nombre record de participation de jeunes, ainsi que d’activistes de la société civile dénombrées Á  8600…Read more

I was meant to attend the side event on the “Sharia as a Source of Women’s Rights” on the 8th Floor of the United Nations Church Centre. I got to the right building and went straight through the door into the first room which was on my left. I managed to find my way to a vacant seat in the crowded room. Soon I realised that I was in the wrong venue as the theme for discussion was “Moving forward the Agenda for girls.” Not attending my planned side event turned out to a blessing in disguise… 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
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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.
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• 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.