Latin American and Caribbean feminist women's and youth organizations declaration: presented at the open-ended meeting of the presiding officers of the ECLAC Sessional Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development, Santiago, Chile, March 10-11, 2004.President Executive Secretary of ECLAC ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America & the Caribbean Ladies and Gentlemen, Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen of Civil Society Reasons to Rejoice We, the feminist organizations of women and youth of Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and the Caribbean, gathered for the second meeting of Networks and Campaigns working in the region for the promotion and defense of the human rights of women, in particular in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health Within the framework of WHO's definition of health[1] as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, reproductive health, or sexual health/hygiene , have come here to declare that: Ten years ago, for the first time ever, 179 countries agreed on a Programme of Action on population and development, in the framework of human rights. LET US CELEBRATE. Ten years ago, the people, their environment, their emotional relationships, their productive capacities, were acknowledged for the first time as the unavoidable focal point focal point n. See focus. for the formulation of population and development policies. LET US CELEBRATE. Ten years ago, once again the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean joined forces, ideas, creativity and political decisions to build a tool that would serve the cause of economic justice, democracy, equity, citizenship. LET US CELEBRATE. LET US CELEBRATE because ten years ago, the feminist movement and the women's movement women's movement: see feminism; woman suffrage. women's movement Diverse social movement, largely based in the U.S., seeking equal rights and opportunities for women in their economic activities, personal lives, and politics. were recognized by the system of the United Nations as crucial protagonists in the construction of a truly human development. But in a world with enough money to verify that there is water in Mars while millions of human beings are denied access to drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. , CELEBRATING IS NOT ENOUGH. In a world where fundamentalism is a fanatical advocator of violence; where new fundamentalists make "preventive wars" under the pretext of peace; in a world where old fundamentalists (those who took 500 years to "forgive" Galileo) want to put an end to to destroy. - Fuller. See also: End the separation of Church and State
If the countless plans, projects and policies implemented in these past ten years do not reach Betania in the favela favela In Brazil, a slum or shantytown. A favela comes into being when squatters occupy vacant land at the edge of a city and construct shanties of salvaged or stolen materials. and Xiomara in the maquila ma·qui·la n. A maquiladora. , if they do not reach the 225 million people living in poverty, then CELEBRATING IS NOT ENOUGH. If we do not increase and give priority to the resources to achieve universal education also through the secondary level; to prevent AIDS with effective and realistic methods; to respect the right of women and prevent deaths from unsafe and clandestine abortions; to integrate the millions of migrants, displaced and marginalized peoples and populations who are denied all their rights, in a region where the payment of interest increases debt, then CELEBRATING IS NOT ENOUGH. If ensuring the exercise of sexual rights and reproductive rights only means guaranteeing it for one type of family without recognizing that these rights are part of the human rights of all people without distinction of age, sexual preferences, culture and ethnic origin, then CELEBRATING IS NOT ENOUGH. If in a region that purports to be modern and democratic, young people are allowed to choose their government leaders but have no say over their own bodies, and Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. and Maria's love is worth less than Rita and Roberto's, then CELEBRATING IS NOT ENOUGH. That is why, ten years after Cairo, Latin America and the Caribbean, their nations, their governments, YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DELEGATES, we, feminists, young women and men, organized society, must NOT ONLY reaffirm the Programme of Action of the conference and all the achievements made to date: We must also summon ONCE AGAIN those ideas, those values, that ethical commitment, so that with the crucial political will we can generate the resources and mechanisms necessary to make MORE CELEBRATIONS possible. TO CELEBRATE is to invite joy, to applaud the creativity and responsibility of all peoples, their governments and the national and international bodies they are part of. CELEBRATING means sharing with those who resemble you and those who are different; it means summoning citizen participation. It means working to implement the Millennium Development Goals “MDG” redirects here. For other uses, see MDG (disambiguation). The Millennium Development Goals are eight goals that 192 United Nations member states have agreed to try to achieve by the year 2015. and all the commitments under the Programme of Action so that when we meet again, we may have even more reasons to CELEBRATE and we can INVITE EVERY MAN AND EVERY WOMAN ... TO REJOICE. Santiago, Chile March 11, 2004 To adhere to this declaration, contact: LACWHN's Coordinating Office, e-mail: secretaria@reddesalud.org To see the complete list of signatories, visit the LACWHN website, http://www.reddesalud.org |
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