Daily Newsletter, 8 March 2005

HIGHLIGHTS
Leticia Shahani: Beef up structures
Thirty years after serving as its midwife, a lobby of “the older generationÀ is meeting informally to caucus for the upgrading of the beleaguered United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) which they say is now more important than ever before.

Challenges that go beyond borders
The Executive Director of the United Nation’s Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), Noeleen Heyzer, called on women to mark International Women’s Day today by remembering, and re-investing in a leadership that transcends power relationships, crosses borders, and continues to emerge from the experiences of women’s lives on the ground.

New agendas roll in
Ten resolutions will be tabled at the review of the Beijing conference Tuesday for endorsement at the end of the 49th Session of the Committee on the Status of the Women (CSW). The US resolutions – trafficking and economic advancement of women – are among the resolutions being negotiated for adoption by consensus on Friday.

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Today’s cyber dialogue: HIV AIDS
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News
Leticia Shahani: Beef up structures By Colleen Lowe Morna
Challenges that go beyond borders By Patricia A. Made
New agendas roll in By Rosemary Okello and Arthur Okwemba
HIV/AIDS increases women’s heavy load By Joyce Mkinga
Microbicides: Women’s best hope gets short shrift By Arthur Okwemba
Governments and NGOs find common cause By Arthur Okwemba
Slaves to war and men By Lansana Fofana
Women’s bodies are the terrain of war By Karen

Cyber Link
Putting HIV/AIDS on the global agenda By Janine Moolman
Chatter Box: Some of the comments made during the cyber dialogues on HIV/AIDS

For a summary of the Cyber Dialogue, please go to http://www.cyberdialogues.org
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Theme
Still no laws on trafficking By Yazeed Kamaldien
Sluggish response to trafficking in women By Jane Godia and Janine Moolman
Legal victory brings hope By Antoine Lawson
Cross border trafficking escalates Bayano Valy

Opinion
Escaping from the knife By Allen Ssekindi
Editorial: New form of slavery