Governments report on gains, key challenges and opportunities Source: Isis International Ministers from the Asia and the Pacific region met today in the Asian and Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Beijing+20 Review to report on their States’ gains, key challenges, and opportunities to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women after … Continue reading How far have states in Asia Pacific gone to achieve gender equality?

Climate change, SOGI, sexual rights, and violence against women among contended issues Source: Isis International Governments at the Asian and Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Beijing+20 Review finalized discussing the draft ministerial outcomes document that will be approved at the end of the conference by member states of the Asia-Pacific region. State … Continue reading States Reach Consensus: Stand Alone Goal for Gender Eqaulity is Included

SOGI, climate change, and feminist organizations featured in discussions Source: Isis International The Asian and Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Beijing+20 Review in Bangkok began today. Governments from the Asia and Pacific will listen to issues related to women equality and the empowerment of women for the next four days. At the … Continue reading The Asia-Pacific Review on Beijing+20 Begins

Women’s recommendations should be turned into government action Source: Isis International The Beijing+20 CSO Forum bringing together over 400 feminist women activists working on women’s rights in the Asia and Pacific region ended today. The Forum concluded with an outcome document adopted by consensus containing recommendations to the governments that will meet November 17-20 in … Continue reading “Our voices need to be heard loudly”

The Women and Media Collective together with the Asia Pacific Women’s Watch and South Asia Women’s Watch organised a South Asia Civil Society Consultation for Beijing+20 on the 16 and 17th of October 2014. Members of civil society organisations, women’s rights experts, state representatives and academics from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka discussed … Continue reading South Asia Consultation for Beijing + 20