WELCOME TO THE 5WCW SITE
This site was created as a clearing house
of information and grassroots activism opportunities
for those who support and wish to advocate for a United
Nations sponsored
5th World Conference on Women.
Click here to sign petition and see map of signers
Dear Friends and Worldwide Signers of 5WCW petition:
We need only one member-state ambassador to sponsor the resolution for 5WCW in the 66th Session of the UN General Assembly (2011-2012) which begins in September. The best situation in this short time, would be for this resolution to be sponsored by three developing countries: in Asia, Africa, and Latin America and one Scandinavian country. Toward this end, we have a Concept Paper that is in the language and form that ambassadors and delegations are familiar with. Once the concept is accepted, a 5WCW resolution would simply need to say something such as:
1 Supports convening a 5th World Conference on Women in 2015
2. Urges the Secretary-General to begin an open-ended preliminary process,
similar to that which preceded the Beijing 4WCW and to consider any
place for the conference site.
3. Calls upon all member states to encourage participation of civil
society and government entities concerned with women and girls.
CONSIDER THIS AN ALL-POINTS BULLETIN:
Will you take action? Here is the
webpage for a list of UN member states: http://www.un.org/en/members/ (click on name of country brings up website, name of ambassador, addresses,
photos and more)
This is an invitation to do what you feel moved to do to urge your
ambassador to sponsor or co-sponsor the 5WCW resolution.
You do not need to get anyone’s permission to be an activist on behalf of 5WCW. If you take this on as a personal assignment, proceed swiftly to communicate through channels. A letter can be mailed. A staff person can be called for an email address and it is possible to set up an appointment in person if you are in New York or with whomever it might be in your own country whose influence would help.
Listen to Jean Shinoda Bolen Talk about the need
for a 5th World Conference on Women
Interviewd by Elaine Holtz of Women's Spaces.
Click here for full interview.
Convening A 5th World Conference
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September 14, 2010
THE TIDE IS TURNING
and much good is
happening
now
that has taken perseverance, work and
faith.
A Major Step:
Michelle
Bachelet’s Appointment
to Head UN Women
Congratulations
to the GEAR campaign and to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon!
(click
here for announcement)
Now, if UN Women with Michelle Bachelet at the helm, sponsors the UN 5th World Conference on Women, it would bring the superagency and women’s problems and solutions into global awareness, inspire fund-raising for it, and have 21st century communication technology. Women in all 192 member-states would learn this conference is about issues and possibilities that concern them, with one or many more of their own attending and linked to them. She is the former president of Chile, a pediatrician, single mother, liberal, imprisoned by Pinochet, who left office with an 84% approval. UN Women has a prominent woman to launch it who can rally and inspire, is trusted and competent to lead, and is respected and well-known among world leaders.
A Step toward 5WCW in 2015
UN General Assembly Establishes “UN
Women”
On July 2, 2010 in a historic moment, the UN General Assembly voted unanimously for the establishment of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment, to be known as “UN Women.” This is the result of years of negotiations between UN Member States and active advocacy of women’s groups and civil society. With the establishment of UN Women, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the world has entered “a new era in the UN’s work for women.” UN Women will be headed by an Under-Secretary-General. It will be operational by January 2011. (Click here for more information.)
SYNERGY!
“UN Women and a 5th UN World Conference on Women is a natural fit,
a synergy between the two that would raise consciousness and funds
for the benefit of women and the development of women’s leadership
at every level of society. Since it takes 3 years to organize, a target
date of 2015 would be the 20th anniversary of the Beijing conference,
the first since the internet and globalization, a time to network a
new generation of women leaders. Reaching a tipping point would make
it possible to carry out the Beijing Platform for Action, the Millennium
Development Goals, and the Security Council resolutions on Women, Peace,
and Security. A world that is safe and sustainable would become possible.” Jean
Shinoda Bolen, speaking for 5WCW.
What the UN Needs To DoThe United Nations needs to be the sponsor of the 5th World Conference on Women, so that women from all 192 UN countries know that it is about and for them. Many will be able to come only because it is a UN conference that is recognized by their governments. It needs to be designated as the 5th, to acknowledge that it follows the other four, specifically Beijing and that it is intended to bring to fruition the goals and aspirations that were put into the Beijing Platform for Action (with no further debate on them). It would be as significant to women working for women as the Olympics are to athletes. Events leading up to it, the conference itself, and the ripples radiating out from it, including meeting in circles, would raise consciousness and oxytocin levels, moving us toward reaching a critical mass and a new era. |
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5WWC is the predecessor to this website. It is being maintained as a sister site documenting the history of this grassroots initiative in support of a 5th Women's World Conference prior to 2009. It also contains the current listing of the organizations who have registered with us in support of a 5WCW. To register your organization, click here. To see a listing of supporting organizations, click here.