Globalise this! Women's rights in development.Hundreds of feminist leaders, scholars and activists from all over the world gathered in Guadalajara, Mexico in October to analyse the economic, political, social, ecological and cultural implications of globalisation for women. In view of the unsustainable, undemocratic and exploitative forms of globalisation currently taking place, the gathering focused on one of the most urgent issues facing gender equality work: How can we reinvent re·in·venttr.v. re·in·vent·ed, re·in·vent·ing, re·in·vents 1. To make over completely: "She reinvented Indian cooking to fit a Western kitchen and a Western larder" globalisation to further the rights of all women? The three-day forum was organised by the Association for Women's Rights The effort to secure equal rights for women and to remove gender discrimination from laws, institutions, and behavioral patterns. The women's rights movement began in the nineteenth century with the demand by some women reformers for the right to vote, known as suffrage, and in Development (AWID AWID Association for Women's Rights in Development AWID Association of Women Industrial Designers AWID Aircraft Weapons Integration Department ), an international membership organisation that works to connect, inform and mobilise n. 1. Mobilize. Verb 1. mobilise - call to arms; of military personnel mobilize, rally, call up send for, call - order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" 2. people and organisations committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfilment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely. The linkage between environment and development was globally recognized in 1980, when the International Union and women's human rights. AWID Forums have long become the biggest international gatherings of feminist scholars, gender activists and funding agencies outside the UN system. The Mexico Forum launched the "Globalise THIS! Women's Rights in Development Campaign", which envisions a world without poverty, without violence, without discrimination; a world where everyone's needs are met and their human rights are protected; a world where women's rights are both a means and an end of development. Speakers from around the globe analysed the impact of globalisation on women's human rights, challenged the new political and military order, explored the intersectionality of women's identities and the multiple layers of discrimination and oppression these entail, and questioned whether gender mainstreaming was promoting the interests of poor and marginalised women. A further major focus was on challenges facing women's organising and the development of leadership among young women. African feminists provided strong input into the Forum. Sisonke Msimang of South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. challenged the global feminist movement to seriously take up the issue of HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. and Aids, which is killing poor and marginalised women and children in Subsaharan Africa in their millions and threatens to affect other regions of the world in equal magnitude soon. Participants of the AWID Forum agreed to develop the technological opportunities provided by globalisation to strengthen networks in order to globalise solidarity and women's rights. For more information visit www.awid.org |
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