The NGO Forum on Women
The NGO Forum on Women, held in Hairou, China last September, brought together more than 20,000 women from 170 countries to discuss progress toward the goals of Equality, Development and Peace first set out at the UN World Conference on Women in 1975.
I was lucky enough to attend as part of a delegation from the North Carolina Council on Women, and I described my experience in an article for Currents, The Chronicle's monthly magazine.
Impressions of the Conference
The Revolution in ChinaOctober 11, 1995
I wrote this story for Currents, a monthly magazine at Duke, and I was subsequently blasted as a communist by the campus conservative newspaper. I'm proud.
Web Links About the Women's Conference and International Women's Issues
- The Platform for Action
- The United Nations Guide to the Fourth World Conference on Women
- Beijing '95: Women, Power and Change The IGC site on the conference, including The NGO Daily, a newsletter published on-site in Hairou
- Commission on the Advancement of Women, part of the InterAction Web site. CAW's projects include Mobilizing Beyond Beijing.
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