The UN as a legitimate space for women's organizing: Successes and Challenges - Past and Future
In November 2008 over 1,900 women’s rights activists from 144 countries came together in Cape Town, South Africa to discuss The Power of Movements at the AWID Forum.The session was held during the Forum.
Organized by: Alexandra Garita, Gender Equality Architecture Reform Campaign: AWID, DAWN, CWGL, WEDO and IPPF.
Presenters: Alexandra Garita, Charlotte Bunch, June Zeitlin, Peggy Antrobus, Bandana Rana
Language: English, 2 Presentations in Spanish
Total time: 1:35:42
This session discusses the history, strategies, and current situation of women's organizing at and around the United Nations. It explores the ways in which organizing around the UN has both advanced and hindered the building of a global women’s movement and the formation of coalitions across movements. Presenters explain current debates around gender equality and the GEAR campaign, and strategies to make the UN system more accessible to women’s rights issues and women’s voices.
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