Daily Newsletter, 3 March 2005

HIGHLIGHTS
Laws need teeth African women NGOs are the forefront of a campaign to get the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) to appoint a Special Rapporteur on Laws that Discriminate Against Women during the ten year review of the Beijing conference.

Fears that Beijing is being lost As governments insist that the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) will be strengthened by the upcoming review of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), NGOs argue that the women’s agenda is getting buried.

Calls for free sanitary ware in schools Governments in developing countries should consider offering free sanitary ware in schools as a way of improving girls’ education. The Forum for African Women Educationists (FAWE) and education practitioners have reported lack of protective sanitary materials and separate toilet facilities as one of the biggest obstacles hindering the performance of girls in class.

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News
Laws need teeth by Colleen Lowe Morna
Naming and shaming offenders by Arthur Okwemba
Fears that Beijing is being lost by Arthur Okwemba
Sex work: a human rights violation? by Juliana Omale
Gender sidelined in MDGs by Sarah Muwanga
Poverty eradication: a woman’s right by Ruth Omukhango
Making dreams come true by Sarah Muwanga
Call for free sanitary ware in schools by Sarah Muwanga
Gender equality is key to human security by Olivia H Tripon, WFS

Cyber Link
Taking charge of the information highway by Rosemary Okello

For a summary of the Cyber Dialogue, please go to http://www.cyberdialogues.org or
http://oldsite.genderlinks.org.za.dedi1086.nur4.host-h.net/bejing/newspapers.asp and click on Page 3

Theme
Until death do you part from “hisÀ plot by Bayano Valy
Gender budget: more than “dollars and centsÀ by Eunice Mafundikwa
Economic policies leave women poor by Sarah Muwanga
Traders fear new customs protocol by Arthur Okwemba and Rosemary Okello

Opinion
How would you like your land served up Ma’am? by Sibongile Ndashe
Editorial: Mainstream or malestream?