Editorial/Editorial.The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, abbreviated to CHOGM, is a biennial summit meeting of the heads of government from all Commonwealth nations. Every two years the meeting is held in a different member state, and is chaired by that nation's respective Prime (CHOGM CHOGM Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting ) and the Peoples' Commonwealth took place in Malta in December 2005. Democracy, human rights, good governance and fighting inequalities took centre stage then, and these issues still take our attention as we celebrate Commonwealth Day on March 13, 2006. This issue of FEMNET News analyses how healthy democracy is in the Commonwealth. We also take a look at democracy and human rights within the African Union. With respect to inequalities, addressing gender inequality in the information society was the focus of lobbying and advocacy by the Gender Caucus at the recently concluded World Summit on the Information Society The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was a pair of United Nations-sponsored conferences about information, communication and, in broad terms, the information society that took place in 2003 in Geneva and in 2005 in Tunis. in Tunis, November 2005. This issue highlights a few of FEMNET activities at the WSIS WSIS World Summit on the Information Society WSIS Who Should I Start? (fantasy football) WSIS Waste Stream Information Sheet WSIS White Smoke Identification System (US Navy) . As always, FEMNET welcomes contributions from our members and partners to our newsletter as a means of sharing information and experiences of your organisations. Christine Butegwa is Communications Officer with the African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) La Reunion des Chefs de Gouvernements du Commonwealth (CHOGM) et des populations du Commonwealth a eu lieu a Malta en decembre 2005. Les themes sur la democratie, les droits de la personne, la bonne n. 1. A female servant charged with the care of a young child. gouvernance et la lune contre les inegalites ont ete au centre de la discussion du fait que ces questions attirent toujours notre attention alors que nous celebrons la journee du Commonwealth le 13 mars 2006. Ce numero de Nouvelles de FEMNET analyse combien la democratie est solide au sein du Commonwealth. Nous portons egalement notre regard sur la democratie et les droits de la personne au sein de l'Union Africaine. En ce qui concerne les inegalites, le Iobbying et le plaidoyer par le groupe d'activistes en matiere de genre se sont focalises sur les questions d'inegalite au sein de la societe de l'information lors du dernier Sommet Mondial Mondial can refer to:
SMSI Strong Metal-Support Interaction SMSI Simplified Message Service Interface . Comme d'habitude, FEMNET invite les contributions de nos membres et partenaires en tant qu'un moyen de partager les informations et experiences de votre organisation. Christine Butegwa is Communications Officer with the African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) |
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