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    WIDE Statement to the 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

    Women in Development Europe, 2010
    In the present context of multiple global crises (economic, financial, food, energy, climate and care), this statement from WIDE expresses a concern that gender equality and enforcement of women's human rights are losing ground worldwide.
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    Civil Society Statement Concerning Beijing +15 Process Review at Commission on the Status of Women (in English and Spanish)

    Women in Development Europe, 2010
    The Fourth World Conference on Women produced the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA), a comprehensive women's human rights paradigm that envisioned the transformation of gender power relations.
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    Chinese Women’s NGOs Report on “Beijing+15”, All-China Women's Federation (in Chinese and English)

    Women’s Studies Institute of China and the Chinese Women’s Research Society, 2009
    To prepare for the Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing + 15 an initiative was launched to gather together women with a focus on China's progress on gender equality. This document by the Chinese Women's Research Society provides an in-depth review and evaluation of the Chinese government's progress since the World Conference on Women, in particular since the “Beijing +10” Conference.
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    Older Women and Beijing: 15 Years on

    HelpAge International, 2010
    15 years ago, the Beijing Declaration recognised age discrimination as one of the factors contributing to the barriers to women's empowerment and advancement.
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    Reality Check: Women in Canada and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Fifteen Years On - A Canadian Civil Society Response

    Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action / L’Alliance Canadienne Féministe pour L’action Internationale, 2010
    This report shows how there has been a systematic erosion of the human rights of women and girls in Canada. The changes to gender architecture, the shifts in policy and programming within the Government, and the Government's response to the economic crisis have been felt by the most vulnerable women and girls in Canada.
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    Website: AWID blogging Beijing+15

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2010
    This link to AWID's daily blog posts provides key insights from a range of the parallel and official sessions at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 54th session. Blog posts covered key topics including youth leading the way in sexual rights, crimes against women in Burma and financing for gender equality.
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    Beijing +15 Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Regional Review Meeting; challenges remain

    United Nations [UN] Non-Governmental Liaison Service, 2009
    On 2-3 November 2009, the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) organized the Beijing +15 Regional Review Meeting, bringing together government and UN representatives as well as civil society organizations to discuss progress and challenges regarding the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in the region.
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    Website: Beijing +15 CWS 54 - Documentation (in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)

    United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, 2010
    On its 54th session, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) undertakes a 15-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted during the Fourth United Nations World Conference on Women in 1995.
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    CEDAW and the Human Rights-Based Approach to Programming (in English and Russian)

    2007
    What is a human rights-based approach (HRBA) to programming and how can it help implement the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)? Promoting universal respect for human rights enshrined in the international human rights system is a fundamental goal of the United Nations (UN).
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    (Audio file) As CEDAW Turns 30, a Women's Rights Expert Reflects on Progress

    United Nations, 2009
    The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), often described as an 'international bill of rights for women', was set up in 1979. In this interview for United Nations Radio Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Vice President of the Convention, notes that although progress has been made since on women's rights, significant challenges remain.

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