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| CSW conclusions agreed and posted Posted: 09 Apr 2014 04:32 AM PDT
Held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 10-21 March 2014, the 58th edition of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) once again gathered together a large number of civil society organisations. This time around the priority theme was “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls”. After two intense weeks of negotiations, the Commission finally agreed on its conclusions. These emphasise the need to address, among others, issues of violence against women, women and girls sexual and reproductive rights, women’s empowerment and right to development, and unpaid care work, in the post-2015 global development agenda. These conclusions included strong vocabulary on the global issue of violence against women, and emphasise the necessity for States to use due diligence in protecting – as well as providing support to – women survivors of violence, and prosecuting and punishing perpetrators. The Commission on the Status of Women also emphasised the need to keep a stand-along goal on gender equality (establishing combating violence against women and girls as an essential target) in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework, and to make gender equality mainstream through all other goals. The Commission on the Status of Women also adopted: a draft resolution on the "Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women", by a recorded vote o 22 in favour to 1 against, with 10 abstentions, for action by the Economic and Social Council; a resolution on "Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts", without a vote; a resolution on "Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters", without a vote; and a resolution on "Women, the girl child and HIV and AIDS" (advance unedited version), by a recorded vote of 22 in favour to none against, with 16 abstentions. To read an unedited version of the CSW58′s Agreed Conclusions click here.  |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2014 03:21 AM PDT
Glasgow: Until 21 April: A Feminist Chorus: Lucy Reynolds and Map at Glasgow Women's Library, 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow. Part of the world-renowned Glasgow International, a biennial festival of contemporary art running until 21 April 2014. Glasgow International showcases the best of local and international art for wide-ranging audiences. A Feminist Chorus, by Lucy Reynolds, in collaboration with MAP, adds a communal voice to Glasgow's feminist history. Participants from across Glasgow will recite at a collective choral event at the Glasgow Women's Library, while sound installations will be aired in the Glasgow School of Art corridor known as the 'Hen Run' and in the former home of 'Glasgow Society of Lady Artists' (1882—1971), 5 Blythswood Square. The full score draws on the collection of the Glasgow Women's Library and the city's archives. A film of the live choir performance will be sited amongst the books at the library for the duration of the festival. Until 21 April: Palaces, Ballrooms and Battling Betty McCallister: Hidden Histories of Art and Culture in Glasgow's East End by Ruth Barker and Kim Moore at Glasgow Women's Library, 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow. Part of the Glasgow International, a biennial festival of contemporary art. Ruth Barker and Kim Moore have made work in response to Glasgow Women's Library's ‘East End Women's Heritage Walk’. Barker uses live performance and spoken word poetry to retell ancient myths through the lens of her own unconscious associations. She has produced a new meditative sequence of short aural pieces evoking the stories of women including Saint Teneu, and the lost witch Maggie Wall. ‘We run. We walk. We run’ is a new sound piece created by Kim Moore using binaural recordings of real and unreal spaces inspired by histories and stories of women of Glasgow's East End. Both artists' sound pieces to be experienced in and around Bridgeton, the new neighbourhood of Glasgow Women's Library. This programme includes two guided walks, two performances and the launch of audio tours that can be downloaded throughout the Festival. Liverpool: 11 April: #AsylumforAderonke – March to Hand in Petition starting at Liverpool Lime Street Station, Liverpool from 1.30pm. This marks an important stage in LGBT activist Aderonke's campaign for asylum; this week she has to submit all of her documentation and evidence to the High Court for them to move the case on to judicial review. At this same time, Aderonke’s online petition has gained an amazing 24,000 signatures and we want to hand this over to the Home Office to show the support Aderonke has from people who want her to be granted asylum in the UK. We’ll be meeting at Liverpool Lime Street Station, on the steps facing St. George’s Hall, at 13:30 and will march from the station to Union Street where we will be handing in Aderonke’s petition. If you can come on the march we’d love to see your placards and banners showing your support. We want to show how we are a colourful and lively group. Manchester people: If you would like to make a banner for the event, we might be able to give people materials before Friday so get in touch. London: 8 April – 13 April: Birds Eye View Film Festival around London. Birds Eye View runs an international film festival that takes place in London every April, year-round film training, monthly screenings and special events. For a full programme of events, click here. 10 April – 31 May: Judith Barry: Cairo Stories at Waterside Contemporary, Clanbury Street, London N1. This is Judith Barry’s first solo exhibition at Waterside Contemporary where she presents her project “… Cairo stories” consisting of a video and photographic installation. Created from a collection of more than 200 interviews Barry conducted with Cairene women between the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the beginning of the Egyptian Revolution in 2011, “… Cairo stories” is a series of short video monologues. The selection of stories chronicles personal experiences of women from a variety of social and economic classes in Egypt and expands the artist’s concerns with notions of representation, history, subjectivity, and translation – particularly as these ideas circulate across cultures. The original interviews were conducted in simultaneous translation to maintain fluidity and integrity of tone and meaning, and Barry considers them to be collaborations between her and the subjects. The vast source material was then ‘vetted’ by a diverse range of Cairene women. The emotional integrity of each woman’s story is the crux of this project; the translators and interviewees remained active participants in both the narrative arc of their stories and the development of the project. In the gallery, a selection of 15 narratives will be performed by actors, highlighting that all stories, including those we tell ourselves, are ultimately fictions. “… Cairo stories” is a continuation of ‘Not reconciled’, a series of ‘as told to’ stories Barry recorded in a variety of countries and cultures, and bears witness to the artist’s long-term interest in the strength and the political implications of the voice. Since the Egyptian revolution, the voice – and the right to vote or ability to speak out – has become a central concern in everyday life. The positions of women in the public, political – and private – spheres is also at the forefront of these discussions. Free entry.  |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:09 AM PDT
Although seven women die every day from domestic violence in the EU, to date, the European Union (EU) has no binding legislation regarding violence against women. This is critical, as violence affects approximately 45 per cent of all women across Europe. An estimated one-fifth of women in the EU suffer from violence within the home and more than one in ten women is a victim of sexual violence involving the use of force. The EU therefore needs to raise awareness on the issue and affirm its political commitment to end violence against women. Violence against women is a human rights issue. The Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) network – a Network NGO composed mostly of European women’s non-governmental organizations working in the field of combating violence against women and children – is among the groups supporting a petition by the European Women's Lobby (EWL) calling on the current and future Presidents of the European Commission to establish 2016 as European Year to End Violence against Women and Girls. By establishing a European Year to End Violence against Women and Girls, the EU would play a leading role in raising awareness on violence against women, and at the same time propose concrete measures to act against the perpetuation of violence against women. EU Years are key policy tools to develop strong policies and involve all actors on a specific issue. On 25 February 2014 the European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution from MEP Antonyia Parvanova, vice-president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, demanding EU action to combat violence against women – including an EU Year. The European Women's Lobby and its 2000 member organisations in 31 European countries want to see such a Year established in 2016 To do this, they need to prove to the EU institutions that everyone cares about it and that everyone wants a Europe free from violence. Please sign the petition.  |
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