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Karama Brings Arab Perspective to the UN Commission on the Status of Women
NEW YORK, NY, March 4, 2010 – On March 3, Karama and UNIFEM convened a one-day conference attended by more than 100 people at the 54th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) to present a detailed review of progress towards the gender equality goals set fifteen years ago in the Beijing Platform for Action and after ten years of the Millennium Development Goals and 30 years of CEDAW implementation.
Join Karama at the United Nations
This week, Karama’s delegation of 32 women from around the Arab world is headed to the UN in New York to participate in the 54th session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
During the session, Karama’s team will join women’s activists from around the world to present a detailed review of progress towards fulfilling the gender equality goals set fifteen years ago in the Beijing Platform for Action and ten years ago in the Millennium Development Goals.
Our delegation will present the Arab Regional NGO Shadow Report on Beijing+15 to illuminate the gains and gaps in fulfillment of major international conventions and goals in the region.
These interventions will culminate in a one-day conference on March 3rd, hosted in partnership with UNIFEM to allow our delegates and other experts to share analysis, recommendations and strategies for future advocacy in fulfilling international standards of gender equality.
UN NGO Liaison Service Interviews Hibaaq Osman
To read this story on the NGLS website click here.
1. How have efforts to implement the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) in the Arab region evolved since Beijing? Has this been satisfactory?
Karama Delegates Speak Out at CEDAW Session
CAIRO, EGYPT, February 16, 2010 – From January 15 to February 5 Karama sponsored a delegation of three representatives from Egyptian women’s rights groups to participate in the forty-fifth session on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) treaty held in Geneva.
The CEDAW treaty, first adopted in 1979, calls for regular reports by signatory governments to track progress towards implementing the agreement, and encourages NGOs and other civil society organizations to contribute to these progress reports.
Karama’s delegation this year consisted of Dr. Hoda Badran, Chairperson of the Alliance for Arab Women, Dr. Fatema Khafagy, head of the Ombudsperson Office of Egypt’s National Council for Women, and Dr. Azza Kamel, president and founder of Appropriate Communication Tools for Development (ACT Egypt).
