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> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jun 7 16:59:13 1995
> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 19:10:26 -0400
> Reply-To: PNEWS Progressive News and Views Distribution List
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> Sender: PNEWS Progressive News and Views Distribution List
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> From: PNEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Women's Conference List
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Hi,
>
> I read with interest your posting on Beijing95-L re. kidnap and
> trafficking of Burmese women. I thought you might be interested in a
> List we're running for UNDP on the Women's Conference called
> Beijing-Conf. An invitation to Beijing-Conf was posted to Beijing95-L
> but I'm not sure if you saw it.
>
> Beijing-Conf is different from Beijing95-L in that it has 600+ members
> from 55 countries, including 28 developing countries. Thus, the focus
> includes more concern for issues affecting developing countries and
> others outside the US.
>
> I hope you'll join Beijing-Conf and discuss what is needed in order for
> the Conference to be a success and, most importantly, the agreements to
> be implemented. I've attached an invitation, below, that explains how to
> join.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Janice
>
> ***
>
>
> Invitation to the Beijing Conference List
>
> PURPOSE OF THIS GROUP
>
> The Fourth World Conference on Women (WCW) to be convened by the UN
> General Assembly in Beijing in 1995, will bring together Heads of State
> to agree on joint action around 11 issues:
>
> - The persistent and increasing burden of poverty on women
> - Unequal access to and inadequate educational opportunities
> - Inequalities in health status and unequal access to and inadequate
> health care services
> - Violence against women
> - Effects of armed or other kinds of conflict on women
> - Inequality in women's access to and participation in the definition
> of economic structures and policies and the productive process
> - Inequality between men and women in the sharing of power and
> decision-making at all levels
> - Insufficient mechanisms at all levels to promote women's advancement
> - Lack of awareness of and commitment to internationally and
> nationally recognized women's human rights
> - Insufficient mobilization of the mass media to promote women's
> positive contributions to society
> - Lack of adequate recognition and support for women's contribution to
> managing natural resources and safeguarding the environment
>
> In the spirit of the UN charter, the United Nations Development
> Programme (UNDP) is sponsoring an Internet List, Beijing-Conf, to
> facilitate broad discussion of the Women's Conference issues. The List
> offers a forum for the exchange of ideas among all of those interested
> in the Conference themes. The List currently has 600+ members in 55
> countries. We seek wide participation in the discussion, and
> especially encourage those in developing countries to participate.
>
> For those wishing to affect the Conference directly, there are formal
> channels for having input into the Conference. The List will offer
> information about those channels, as well as other Conference concerns.
>
> Our hope is that the List participants will discuss:
>
> - Your proposals for what agreements should be made at the Conference
> - Specific proposals for how agreements could be implemented and
> measures for monitoring implementation
> - Suggestions regarding sources of funding implementation of the
> agreements
> - Research findings that should inform the Conference representatives
> - Examples of gender mainstreaming at work, success stories in actions
> taken by governments or other organizations
> - Links between the Social Summit and the Women's Conference
>
> The Fourth World Conference on Women will be held in Beijing, People's
> Republic of China, 4-15 September 1995. The NGO Forum on Women will
> also be held in Beijing 30 August - 8 September 1995.
>
>
> HOW TO JOIN THE LIST
>
> Anyone who has electronic mail with Internet access (e.g., Bitnet,
> Compuserve, Prodigy, Fidonet, etc.) can subscribe to the Beijing-Conf
> List. To join please send an e-mail to the LISTSERV host:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Do *not* enter a subject. In the body of the message, type the text:
>
> SUBSCRIBE BEIJING-CONF
>
> Do *not* put your full name after BEIJING-CONF. You will receive a
> Welcome Letter to the List. At the bottom of this letter you will find
> a brief questionnaire; your answers will help us understand how the
> Internet can enhance discussions about complex social issues.
>
> OTHER RELEVANT RESOURCES
>
> There are many documents on the Women's Conference available on the
> Internet. Point your Gopher program at the address:
>
> GOPHER.UNDP.ORG
>
> Gopher will connect you to the UNDP Gopher Main Menu. To access the
> documents on Fourth World Conference on Women, open the UN Conferences
> folder; then open the Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995 folder
> inside the Conferences folder.
>
> The Sustainable Development Network (SDN), a UNDP initiative to develop
> connectivity in many developing countries, also provides information on
> Sustainable Development Issues.
>
>
> LIST ADMINISTRATOR
>
> This List is administered and monitored by Education Development
> Center, a nonprofit organization. EDC is working collaboratively with
> the UN system and is directly supported by UNDP for the activities in
> this project.
>
> The UNDP Project Officer in charge of this project is Sarah Murison
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
>
> For further information about Beijing-Conf, please contact:
>
> Janice Brodman
> EDC
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
