NIWEP Northern Ireland Women's European Platform

This leaflet was prepared by women in Northern Ireland for the 54th Session of CSW and Beijing +15 and considers older women’s issues under the 12 Critical Areas in the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA)

Older Women – 12 Critical Areas

The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR, www.ishr.ch) follows and reports on the key developments and discussions that occur within the UN’s main human rights forums. View the report from the 42nd meeting in Geneva.

ISHR_Report

Global Monitoring Checklist on Women, Peace and Security

GAPS (Gender Action For Peace And Security) contribution by NIWEP

Setting an Agenda for Northern IrelandMembers of the European Parliament (2009 – 2014)

view manifesto (large file – may take a while to open)

The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including care-giving in the context of HIV/AIDS

Agreed Conclusions (Advanced Unedited Version)

Advancing Women’s Equality through European Policy and International Conventions

A report on NIWEP’s public participation activities under the European Commission’s Plan D for Democracy, Dialogue and Debate 2007 – 2008

The theme of 54th Session will be Implementation of The Beijing Platform for Action on the Occassion of its 15th Anniversary.

There will be opportunity for NGos irrespective of weather they are attending CSW 54 or not to take part in Global E discussion which will be organised by Division of Advancement of Women – during the course of year 2009.

The Commission of 54th session is elected -the delegates are from Italy, Japan, Armenia,Latin America, Senegal.

2. CSW 53 -  The equal sharing of responsibilites between women and men including care gicing in the context of HIV AIDS AGREED CONCLUSIONS were approved by consencus at around 7.30 pm in conference room 2

Some member states had reservations which had created tensed moments till about 1/2 hour before agreement by consenscus . In the end all meembers removed reservations and did not object to the draft which was approved.

The DOCUMENT will be posted on DAW website shortly as soon as the final wording is approved.

Please note that a fifteen-year review of Violence Against Women is available at the following link:

15 year review of vaw mandate

Reconciliation of private and professional life – Should maternity leave pay the price of the failure to engage men in their share of care? (more…)

Minister of Justice, Paul Goggins, today announced the publication of a consultation document on a strategy for the management of women offenders in Northern Ireland. The strategy is a collaborative initiative between the Northern Ireland Office, the Probation Board for Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Prison Service. It is aimed at improving the criminal justice system’s approach to the management of women offenders in Northern Ireland.

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