Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing +15
- Monday Jul 13,2009 03:01 PM
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Next year 2010 will be the 15th year of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA). As has been the tradition, Asia-Pacific Women’s Watch (APWW) will convene the Asia-Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing + 15. It will take place on 22-24 October 2009 in Manila, Philippines. Miriam College, a private educational institution for women, will host the event. UNIFEM in New York has pledged partial financial support.
- UN-ESCAP
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will convene a High-level Intergovernmental Meeting (HLM) to review the regional implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA) adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995) and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2000) for the ESCAP region, from 27 to 29 October 2009 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok. - The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, NY
A Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations.
Beijing +15, cedaw, Women rights
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