Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development

back to main page

VERDICT AGAINST IRENE FERNANDEZ, AN ATTACK AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

The message from the Malaysian government is clear: truth shall make you go to prison. Because that is what this is all about. Irene Fernandez, a human rights defender of women and migrant workers, exposed the truth. And she got punished for it.
Read more

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

APWLD goes to
the UN Commission on Status of Women:
3-14 March 2003, New York, USA

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) holds its forty-seventh session from 3 to 14 March 2003, at New York Headquarters. The Commission will focus on two thematic issues:

participation and access of women to the media, and information and communication technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women; and
women’s human rights and elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls as defined in the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome document of the Special Session for the General Assembly entitled “Women: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century.”

APWLD is supporting network members and staff to participate at CSW, focusing on the theme of elimination of violence against women. Within this theme APWLD is highlighting the trends and patterns in VAW in the Asia Pacific region, including examining; the overarching phenomena of economic globalisation and fundamentalisms that underlie many forms of VAW in the region; the spread of state based violence and militarisation; and State responses to VAW such as the lack of implementation of policies and programs, criminalisation of VAW, and impunity for State-based violence.
Click here to view APWLD's position paper for CSW.

APWLD is also promoting the Stop Licence to Rape Campaign at CSW.
Click here to view SWAN's position paper for CSW.

CSW UPDATES FROM ISIS

CSW delegates compromise on a few points, continue debates on others --onsite report from the 47th UN CSW session by Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, Isis International-Manila.

New York - 12 March 2003 --The Bureau of the Commission on the Status of Women continued the informal consultation on the theme media and information and communication technologies (ICT) today. Following a closed meeting in the morning, the government delegates attending the ongoing 47th CSW session agreed on seven more paragraphs in the draft of the agreed conclusions.
More details...

go top

For further information, Please contact :
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD)
189/3 Changklan Road
Amphoe Muang
Chiang Mai 50101
Thailand
Tel: (66) 53 284527, 284856
Fax: (66) 53 280847
Email: apwld@apwld.org

Web Updated by Web One Plus : Last Updated 2003-03-06

Web Hosted by Citecasia.com