CSW 2008 Advocacy Agenda

Financing for Gender Equality – CSW52 Resources

• Programme of Work
• At the Commission, member states will write “Agreed Conclusions” on this theme. To prepare for this, the UN held an an online discussion and an expert group meeting in Oslo to provide member state background on this topic.
• Issues paper on the interactive dialogue about the 2004 review theme “Women’s equal participation in conflict prevention, management and conflict resolution and in post-conflict peacebuilding“
• Issues paper on the interactive expert panel about the emerging issue “Gender perspective on Climate Change“
• Issues paper on the parellel event on the theme of CSW 2009 “The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS”
• Issues paper on “Joint dialogue on indicators to measure violence against women“

Financing for Gender Equality – Ecumenical and other Resources

• Ecumenical Women’s current statement on Financing for Gender Equality: Justice for the poor and care for life and creation continue to be at the heart of the matter
  In Spanish: La justicia para los pobres y la preocupación por la vida y la creación siguen siendo la cuestión fundamental
• EW’s Recommendations to the CSW Agreed conclusion’s from Ecumenical Women advocacy team
• Article “Development Effectiveness: Gender Equality at the Core of Aid Effectiveness” by Ms. Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM – May 2007
• “Justice at the Heart of the Matter“, a substantial background paper approaching Financing for Development and the Monterrey Consensus, prepared by the World Council of Churches – January 2000
• “Gender Justice: A Citizen’s Guide to Gender Accountability at International Financial Institutions” by the Center for International Environmental Law – July 2007
• The Second Fundher Report: Financial Sustainability for Women’s Movements. Financial Sustainability for Women’s Movements WorldwideBy Joanna Kerr, The Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) 2007.  This report analyses the funding landscape for women’s rights work, building on an earlier report published by the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) in 2006
• Gender Equality and Aid Delivery: What has Changed in Development Co-operation Agencies since 1999? By Mason Oppenheim, K., Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• Role of Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo, by Michel Ngoy Mulanda
• Ecumenical Women’s Press Release – Please circulate!