Workers Rights Watch: Part of ActionLA Project URL: _www.ActionLA.org_ (http://www.actionla.org/) Beijing + 10 in light of the North American Free Trade Agreement: How Have Women Fared? By Alexandra Spieldoch December 20, 2004 _http://www.americaspolicy.org/_ (http://www.americaspolicy.org/) It has been nearly ten years since the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China and the U.S. governmentâs ratification of the Beijing Platform for Action. To commemorate the occasion, analysts and organizations have begun to assess the expected gains in preparation for the UN Commission on the Status of Women meeting in March, 2005. One fact stands out: in the area of the macroeconomy, women in the United States and abroad have experienced major shifts, many of them negative. These shifts have occurred in employment, consumption, and general well-being for women, their families, and their communities. Some of the shifts can be directly linked to NAFTA and other free trade agreements, while other trends are part of a long-term privatization and deregulation agenda (implemented in the U.S. since the 1980s) that forms the foundation for much of the U.S. trade agenda in key sectors such as services, agriculture, and investment. Ten years after the World Conference on Women in Beijing and after NAFTA, U.S. women should demand different macroeconomic policies that will promote rather than reverse our human rights, and that will increase and not diminish our solidarity with our sisters in the global womenâs movement. Alexandra Spieldoch is with the Center of Concern and coordinator of the International Trade and Gender Network (_http://www.igtn.org_ (http://www.igtn.org/) ). She is a contributor to the IRC Americas Program (online at _http://www.americaspolicy.org_ (http://www.americaspolicy.org/) ). See full article online at: _http://www.americaspolicy.org/reports/2004/0412women.html_ (http://www.americaspolicy.org/reports/2004/0412women.html) With printer-friendly PDF version at: _http://www.americaspolicy.org/pdf/reports/0412women.pdf_ (http://www.americaspolicy.org/pdf/reports/0412women.pdf) Produced and distributed by the IRC's Americas Program ~ A New World of Ideas, Analysis, and Policy Options. For more information, visit _http://www.americaspolicy.org_ (http://www.americaspolivy.org/) . To report problems or request that we remove you from future mailings, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) . For our UPDATER newsletter, please see: _http://www.americaspolicy.org/updater/index.html_ (http://www.americaspolicy.org/updater/index.html) Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC) _http://www.irc-online.org_ (http://www.irc-online.org/) Siri D. Khalsa Outreach Coordinator Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===================================================== ActionLA Action for World Liberation Everyday! Tel: (213)403-0131 URL: http://www.ActionLA.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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