JERA International – Justice Equality Rights Access International.

GEARING UP TO A NEW WAY OF WORKING FOR GENDER EQUALITY AT THE UNITED NATIONS

The GEAR campaign is pleased that the General Assembly expressed strong and unanimous support in adopting a resolution today that will enable the creation of the new gender equality entity to be headed by a new Under Secretary-General (USG).

2010 NGO Global Forum for Women: Beijing +15

The Forum will take place on February 27 & 28, 2010. This Forum immediately precedes the 54th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, which will also undertake a 15–year review and appraisal of the BPfA. Now online registration open…

Buka’s Sister Lorraine Garasu receives US International Woman of Courage Award

Sister Lorraine Garasu, the founder of the Nazarene Rehabilitation Centre on Bougainville and a truly amazing woman, has received the US State Department’s International Women of Courage award.

The award was presented to Sr Garasu in Buka by the US Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Ms Leslie Rowe.

First on-air Australian Beijing +15 Caravan

On Thursday evening 6th August, 2009 in Melbourne Australia the first on-air ‘Working Together for Equality’ caravan took place. The caravan was set up to gather information for the 15 year review of the Beijing Platform for Action. The 2 hour show…

Beijing +15: Working Together for Equality

Around the world women face discrimination in access to rights and opportunities across all spheres of their lives. Women’s groups from Australia and around the World have successfully participated in bringing their issues to the United Nations through the Beijing process and reviewing how governments have measured up to their commitments to women.

The Beijing Conference: The 4th World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace (1995); The United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, China in September, 1995.

Beijing +15 NGO Events: Australian Events

Beijing + 15: “Working Together for Equality”

State & Territory Caravans across Australia & On-line Questionnaire: Beijing + 15
June, July, and early August, 2009

A series of workshops or caravans will be held in each State across Australia during June, July and early August, 2009. The information which comes from these caravans will be presented in….

Beijing +10

The 10-year Review and Appraisal of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the Outcome Document of the 23rd Special Session of the General Assembly took place in the context of the 49th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York from 28 February – 11 March 2005.

Beijing +5: Women 2000

In June, 2000 the United Nations General Assembly called for a special session called “Women 2000 : Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the twenty-first century”. This is often referred to as “Beijing Plus 5” as it was where governments reported on and evaluated how their countries were progressing towards achieving the objectives of the Beijing Platform for Action five years after its inception.

Young Women’s Caravan, Sydney, 23rd May, 2009.

The first Beijing + 15 Caravan took place as part of the UNIFEM Australia Young Women’s Leadership Forum.