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2000 - Advocacy Guide to Women's World Demands

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July 1999

Advocacy Guide to Women's World Demands

AGAINST POVERTY
For sharing of wealth

AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
For the respect of women's physical and mental integrity


TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • INTRODUCTION

    A March to fight poverty and violence against women
    About the Guide's structure
    Objective limitations of a project in constant evolution

  • A WORLD

    The world we live in
    The persistence of inequality in a world of increasing wealth
    Complacency and steadfast tolerance of violence against women
    Deep crisis in our culture and in solidarity
    The eternal ravages of war
    A bulimic productivity jeopardizes our planet
    Appalling corruption as a system
    Failure of democracy and State responsibility to citizens
    The disturbing trend of international "protection" systems
    A world born of two global forces
    The domination of a single worldwide economic system: neo-liberal capitalism
    The domination over women through a social and political system: patriarchy
    Building a world of resistance
    The world we want to build

  • WORLD DEMANDS OF THE MARCH

  • ELIMINATING POVERTY

    Food for thought
    Combating structural causes of poverty
    Domination of a single economic system: neo-liberal capitalism
    Free-trade zones
    Free-trade agreements
    Speculation
    Acting on speculation through the Tobin Tax
    The weight of economics over politics and state capitulation to the market
    The erosion of States' tax base
    Deficit reduction
    Structural adjustment programs (SAP)
    Downward spiral of debt
    Constant cutbacks in international aid
    Rallying the international comunity
    Change through mobilization
    The UN: an organization to call into question
    The UN: future in need of nurturing
    State responsibility for the elimination of poverty, especially women's poverty

  • ERADICATING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

    The reality of violence
    Combating structural causes of violence
    The need for collective action
    Application of conventions and covenants without reserves
    Suppressing the traffic in human beings
    The rights of lesbians
    Complaint and control mechanisms
    The International Criminal Court
    Rape as a war crime
    Peace-building
    The right to asylum
    National plans to fight violence against women
    The protection of women's integrity

  • RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DEMANDS OF THE WORLD MARCH AND THE PLATFORM FOR ACTION ADOPTED IN BEIJING (SEPTEMBER 1995)

    Critical areas
    A. Women and Poverty
    B. Education and Training of Women
    C. Women and Health
    D. Violence against Women
    E. Women and Armed Conflict
    F. Women and the Economy
    G. Women in Power and Decision-making
    I. Human Rights of Women
    J. Women and the Media
    Conclusion

  • APPENDIX

    The United Nations Organization
    General Assembly
    Security Council
    Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
    Rapporteurs
    The International Criminal Court (ICC)
    The three pillars of the International Bill of Human Rights (1948)
    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
    The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Instruments of International Law
    Declarations
    Covenants and Conventions
    Protocols
    Reserves
    Two important conventions for the World March of Women
    Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women
    Convention on the Rights of the Child
    Human development indices
    International meetings
    1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing
    1995 World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen
    1994 International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo
    1993 World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna
    1992 Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro
    1985 World Conference on Women, Nairobi
    1980 World Conference of the UN Decade for Women, Copenhagen
    1975 International Women's Year Conference, Mexico City
    Bretton Woods Accords
    International Monetary Fund (IMF)
    World Bank (WB)
    General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
    World Trade Organization (WTO)
    Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
    Bank of International Settlements (BIS)


The Advocacy Guide to Women's World Demands is published by:
The Coordinating Committee of the World March of Women in the Year 2000

Coordination:
Martine David and Denise Dextraze

Text and Research:
Denise Dextraze
Orientation and Writing Committee:
The Strategy Committee of the World March, with particular participation in writing by:
Gisèle Bourret
Françoise David
Martine David
Lorraine Guay
Ana-Maria Seghezzo D'Urbano

Also participated in developing content:
Ariane Brunet
Irène Demczuk
Anick Druelle
Lucie Lamarche
Diane Matte

Translation:
Carlene Gardner

Page Layout:
Brigitte Beaudet

Distribution:
World March of Women in the Year 2000
110 Sainte-Thérèse St., Suite 307
Montréal, Québec, Canada H2Y 1E6
Telephone: (514) 395-1196
Facsimile: (514) 395-1224
Electronic mail: marche2000@ffq.qc.ca
Web Site: www.ffq.qc.ca

Legal Deposit:
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec
National Library of Canada
ISBN: 2-9806460-0-8


Our heartfelt thanks to the following organizations for their financial support enabling us to produce this document : Réseau de la condition des femmes de la Centrale de l’enseignement du Québec (CEQ) and Comité québécois femmes et développement de l’Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI)

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