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WIDE Newsletter, February 2010

15 Years after Beijing: Deadlock for Women´s Rights and Gender Equality /WIDE Statement to the 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women /Taking Stock: The Financial Crisis and Development from a Feminist Perspective / Follow WIDE´s Delegation at CSW in New York /Women Strive for Peace, Solidarity and Rights /Women on the March Until We Are All Free! / WIDE Celebrates its 25th Anniversary: Herstory of the Network to be Published Soon /EU Policy on Honduras: Business Interests Prevail over Human Rights and Democracy! /Recent Developments in the EU Trade Agenda / WTO Stocktaking Meeting at the End of March: There is No Stock to Take! / The Time Has Come to Set Up the New UN Women´s Rights Agency! /Join the WIDE Brussels Team! / Seeking Spanish Solutions: A Policy Briefing for the Spanish Presidency of the EU / Support Haitian Women´s Organisations

News from WIDE

WIDE is deeply saddened by the loss of leaders of the Haitian feminist movement, founders and members of ENFOFANM, an NGO striving to protect and improve the rights of women in Haiti. 

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G7 Leaders Call to Cancel Haiti's Debt! Thanks to the more than 400.000 people who signed ONE's petition worldwide, the cancellation of Haiti's debt may be all but a formality at this point. Read more 

Twenty Five years moving closer to gender equality and social justice 1985 to 2010 - WIDE Herstory! -  In anticipation of celebrating its silver anniversary in 2010, WIDE is publishing a history of our 25 years struggle for gender equality and social justice. We invite our members and partners to contribute to WIDE Herstory. More information available on the intranet.

Women´s rights under threat: the EU must ratify and implement CEDAW at last! - WIDE's statement on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the adoption of CEDAW Convention.

We invite you to visit WIDE CEDAW +30 Blog. This blog is developed as a part of WIDE CEDAW +30 campaign to celebrate 30 years anniversary of Convention on the  Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

Latest publications  

Taking a Stock: The financial crisis and development from a feminist perspective"

Taking a Stock: the financial crisis and development from a feminist perspective" is WIDE's position paper on the global social, economic and environmental crisis. This publication has been authored by Ursula Dullnig, Brita Neuhold, Traude Novy, Kathrin Pelzer, Edith Schnitzer, Barbara Schöllenberger, Claudia Thallmayer from WIDE Austria. Read the press release.

In Search of Economic Alternatives for Gender and Social Justice: Voices from India

"In search of economic alternatives: Voices from India" is a new publication from WIDE. It is an edited collection of short essays by Indian authors on economic structures, relations and principles that are needed to serve the goals of sustainable economic and human development, poverty eradication, social justice, and empowerment of the most vulnerable segments of society: women, Taken together, the 12 essays form an agenda of alternative thinking, linking gender with other social, livelihood, and democratic concerns.

Download the electronic version of the paper from here

WE CARE! Feminist Responses to the Care Crises

A new publication from WIDE, the Annual Conference report, entitled "WE CARE! Feminist responses to the care crises" explains how the interlocking global crises impact women´s cultural, economic and social rights. It discusses in detail how women´s role as caregivers is affected by the current global economic policies, and it outlines proposals, best practices and suggestions to create a world that is based on alternative concepts of work, livelihoods and well-being in relation to care work. The report can be downloaded from here. We also invite you to check the reports from WIDE AC workshops. Click here to download.

For any additional information about WIDE AC 2009, you are invited to check WIDE AC 2009 blog.

Trade Liberalisation, Gender Equality, Policy Space: the case of the contested EU-India FTA

In the context of the multidimensional crises and the restructuring of economic and political power relations, a fresh look at trade policies between the EU and India and at the nexus of social justice, gender, development and trade is necessary. Christa Wichterich and Kalyani Menon-Sen explore social and gender justice dimensions of the EU-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations.

Download the electronic version of this paper here.

Microcredit: an alternative for women's empowerment? Report of a one-day consultation, organized by WIDE on May 15th, 2009 in Brussels is now available! Download the report in English, in Spanish and in French.