ADVOCACY IN ACTION AT CSW53- March 2009 #4

ADVOCACY EFFORTS AT CSW-STATEMENTS WE HAVE SIGNED

Yesterday we recieved this information from our Soroptimist International Headquarters which is a summary of all of the statements we developed and co signed. This is a wonderful summary of the issues that Soroptimists are encouraged to endorse and promote at national and local government levels.

The Commission on the Status of women has published the Official Documents for this year's session. You can find them via the link below:
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/csw53/OfficialDocuments.html

SI Statement E/CN.6/2009/NGO/7
SI co-signed Statements
SI co-signed Statements

E/CN.6/2009/NGO/19
E/CN.6/2009/NGO/21
E/CN.6/2009/NGO/22
E/CN.6/2009/NGO/30
E/CN.6/2009/NGO/41
E/CN.6/2009/NGO/42
E/CN.6/2009/NGO/43

OTHER ADVOCACY "ON THE GROUND"

Each year a small cadre of Soroptimists who are well versed in the advocacy process have been intimately involved in the working groups with their government's missions meeting at CSW. This year we have delegates from SI meeting with the missions of Denmark, Australia, Germany, UK, Canada and USA. SI is working toward improving our Advocacy efforts each year and will be developing a little Advocacy kit for attendees next year.

Our SI participation is a dynamic process. As more Soroptimists become part of this process from around the world as they learn how important this event can be- we will be able to spread our news and issues to more of the world we affect!

Dawn Marie Lemonds, SI Programme Director