NGO STATEMENT ON THE US PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE DRAFT DECLARATION OF THE 49TH SESSION OF THE CSW

The purpose of this Session of the CSW – the UN body charged specifically with advancing the status of women – is to reaffirm the Beijing Platform for Action, not to move backward or undermine it.

We, representatives of civil society organizations from all regions of the world, celebrate the historic achievement for women’s human rights that the Platform represents. We strongly applaud the statement by Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Platform adopted in 1995 was “a giant step forward” and “that gender equality is critical to the development and peace of every nation,” and we affirm his call for specific targeted actions to realize women’s rights in ALL areas.

In this light, we urge government delegations to oppose unequivocally the amendment to the Draft Declaration proposed by the United States. Let’s affirm the Platform fully and move forward.

1.                  Academia de Derechos Humanos (M้xico)

2.                  Action Canada for Population and Development ACPD (Canada)

3.                  ADEUEM (Argentina)

4.                  Agencia de Derechos Humanos (Brazil)

5.                  AHIP (Nigeria)

6.                  ALVF (Cameroun)

7.                  Amnesty International

8.                  ARROW (Malaysia)

9.                  Artemisa-Grupo Interdisciplinario en G้nero, Sexualidad, Salud y Derechos Humanos (Mexico)

10.              Articula็ใo de ONGs de Mulheres Negras Brasileiras

11.              Articulaci๓n de Mujeres Brasile๑as

12.              Articulaci๓n Feminista Marcosur, Red Latinoamericana y Caribe๑a de Educaci๓n Popular con Mujeres (REPEM)

13.              Articulacion Feminista Mercosur

14.              Asia Pacific Women’s Watch

15.              Asociaci๓n de Lucha por la Identidad Travesti y Transexual (Argentina)

16.              Association des Femmes Tunisiennes pour la Recherche et le Developpement (Tunisia).

17.              Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)

18.              Association of Citizens Akcija Zdruzhenska (Macedonia)

19.              Association of Women Journalists (Russia)

20.              Association Tunisienne de Femmes D้mocrates

21.              ASTRA Central and Eastern European Women’s Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

22.              B.a.B.e. Women’s Human Rights Groups (Croatia)

23.              Banulacht (Ireland)

24.              Campa๑a Latinoamericana y Caribe๑a 28 de Septiembre

25.              Campa๑a por una Convenci๓n Interamericana de Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos

26.              Caribbean Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA)

27.              Caribbean Women’s Health Network

28.              Casa de Mujer de la Uni๓n (Uruguay)

29.              Catholics for a Free Choice

30.              Cat๓licas por el Derecho a Decidir (Argentina)

31.              Cat๓licas por el Derecho a Decidir Am้rica Latina

32.              Center for Creative Progress (Georgia)

33.              Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance

34.              Center for Equality Advancement (Lithuania)

35.              Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), USA

36.              Center for Women’s Social Policy (Bulgaria)

37.              Centre for Global Women’s Leadership (USA)

38.              Centre for Reproductive Rights (USA)

39.              Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristแn (Per๚)

40.              CHOICE (USA)

41.              CIPAF (Dominican Republic)

42.              Comit้ de Am้rica Latina y el Caribe por los Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres (CLADEM)

43.              Consorcio para el Diแlogo Parlamentario y la Equidad (M้xico)

44.              Coordinadora Polํtica Juvenil (Ecuador)

45.              Cotidiano Mujer (Uruguay)

46.              CTA (Argentina)

47.              DECIDIR (Bolivia)

48.              DECIDIR (Uruguay)

49.              Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)

50.              Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights

51.              Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (Egypt)

52.              El Closet de Sor Juana (M้xico)

53.              Elige-Red de J๓venes por los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (Mexico)

54.              Enlace Continental de Mujeres Indํgenas

55.              Equality Now (USA)

56.              Equidad de G้nero, Ciudadanํa, Trabajo y Familia (M้xico)

57.              European Roma Rights Center

58.              European Women’s Lobby

59.              European Youth Network YouACT

60.              Eve and the Snake (USA)

61.              FAFIA (Canada)

62.              Family Care International

63.              Family Planning and Sexual Health Association (Lithuania)

64.              Family Planning Association of Lebanon

65.              Feminist League (Kazakhstan)

66.              Feministas en Acci๓n (Argentina)

67.              FEMNET Africa

68.              Filipina (Philippines)

69.              Foro de Derechos Reproductivos (Argentina)

70.              Foro de Mujeres y Polํticas de Poblaci๓n (M้xico)

71.              Forum of Women’s NGOs (Kyrgyzstan)

72.              Fundaci๓n Mujer, (Argentina)

73.              Fundaci๓n para el Estudio y la Investigaci๓n de la Mujer-FEIM (Argentina)

74.              Gender Advocacy Program (South Africa)

75.              Gender Education Research and Technologies (Bulgaria)

76.              Girls Power Initiative (Nigeria)

77.              Grupo de Informaci๓n para la Reproducci๓n Elegida GIRE (M้xico)

78.              Human Rights Watch (USA)

79.              INCRESE (Nigeria)

80.              INFORM (Sri Lanka)

81.              INGTA/LAC

82.              Iniciativa Centroamericana de Seguimiento a Beijing (Honduras)

83.              Institute of Social and Gender Policy, Russia

84.              Instituto da Mulher Negra GELEDES (Brazil)

85.              Instituto Mujer y Sociedad (Uruguay)

86.              Interdisciplinary Gender Studies Group (Poland)

87.              Internacional Lesbian and Gay Associacion – LAC (ILGALAC)

88.              International Conservation Union (IUCN)

89.              International Council of Jewish Women, Movimiento Manuela Ramos (Peru)

90.              International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Comisi๓n (LHRC)

91.              International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)

92.              International Women’s Health Coalition

93.              IPAS (USA)

94.              JOICP (Japan)

95.              J๓venes por los Derechos Sexuales

96.              Karat Coalition – Network of NGOs of Eastern and Central Europe

97.              Kosovar Gender Studies Center (Kosova)

98.              Las Dignas (El Salvador)

99.              Las Dignas (El Salvador)

100.          Lebanese Family Planning Association

101.          Lentswe La Rona

102.          Liberal Society Institute (Ukraine)

103.          MADRE (USA)

104.          Marcha Mundial de las Mujeres (M้xico)

105.          Mujer y Medio Ambiente (M้xico)

106.          Mujer y Salud (Uruguay)

107.          Network for East-West Women

108.          Network of Asia-Pacific Youth NAPY

109.          Network of East-West Women/Polska

110.          New Woman Foundation (Egypt)

111.          New Zealand Family Planning Association

112.          NWRC (Egypt)

113.          Organization of Women of the City of Skopje (Macedonia)

114.          Oxfam (U.K.)

115.          Pilipina Legal Resources Center (Philippines)

116.          Polish Federation for Women and Family Planning

117.          Population Action International PAI (USA)

118.          Red de G้nero y Economํa (M้xico)

119.          Red de G้nero y Medio Ambiente (M้xico)

120.          Red de J๓venes (Brasil)

121.          Red de Monitoreo de Polํticas de G้nero (Argentina)

122.          Red de Mujeres Afrocaribe๑as y Afrolatinoamericanas

123.          Red de Mujeres Negras (Brazil)

124.          Red de Salud de las Mujeres de Latinoamericana y el Caribe

125.          Red de Violencia contra las Mujeres de Centroam้rica

126.          Red Internacional de G้nero y Comercio

127.          Red Latinoamericana Mujer y Habitat

128.          Red Latinoamericana y Caribe๑a de J๓venes por los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (REDLAC)

129.          Red Nacional de Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (Ecuador)

130.          Red Nacional de Mujeres Periodistas (M้xico)

131.          Red por los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos DDSER (M้xico)

132.          Red Siempre (Puerto Rico)

133.          R้seau des Femmes Africaines Economistes (Mali)

134.          Roma Women’s Initiative (Romania)

135.          Rural Women’s NGO “Alga” (Kyrgyzstan)

136.          SAF (Yemen)

137.          Salud Integral para la Mujer SIPAM (M้xico)

138.          Servicios Integrales para la Mujer, SI MUJER (Nicaragua)

139.          Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (Middle East, North Africa and South-East Asia)

140.          Sexuality Information and Education Council – SIECUS (USA)

141.          Slovak-Czech Women’s Fund

142.          St. Petersburg Center “Strategy” (Russia)

143.          The Netherlands Council of Women

144.          Themis Asesorํa Jurํdica y Estudios de G้nero (Brazil)

145.          Ukrainian Women’s Fund

146.          WILDAF

147.          Women Alliance for Development (Bulgaria)

148.          Women for Women Human Rights WWHR– New Ways (Turkey)

149.          Women in Development Europe (WIDE)

150.          Women in HIV/AIDS Leadership Initiative

151.          Women’s Edge (USA)

152.          Women’s Environment and Development Organization

153.          Women’s Front (Norway)

154.          Women’s Health and Family Planning (Ukraine)

155.          Women’s Health Foundation

156.          Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice

157.          Women’s International Coalition for Economic Justice – WICEJ

158.          World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women

159.          Youth Coalition

160.          Youth Network for Gender Equality CEE/CIS (Georgia)