The New York Times, March 5, 2005

Editorial

At a moment when the United States should be leading the world on advancing women's equality, the Bush administration chose instead to alienate government ministers and 6,000 other delegates at an important United Nations conference on that issue with a burst of anti-abortion zealotry this week.

>>Available from WWHR's website

Summary: WWHR Booklet (Published byWomen for Women's Human Rights-New Ways, February 2005). Includes thestories and results of two successful campaigns by the women's movementin Turkey: The Campaign on the Reform of the Penal Code from a GenderPerspective (2002-2004) and the civil code reform campaign (2000-2001).It also offers a concise description the legal status of women inTurkey, reflecting new laws in both private and public spheres. Thebooklet provides an excellent resource for advocacy and research onwomen's human rights (68 pages).

 

In 1994, at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, Egypt, the world's governments and civil society committed to an action plan to ensure universal access to reproductive health information and services, uphold fundamental human rights including sexual and reproductive rights, alleviate poverty, secure gender equality, and protect the environment.

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Summary: By Adrienne Germain (Our Planet Magazine, October 2004). Explains why empowering women is the key to solving a range of global health, development, and environmental challenges, reviews commitments made on improving women's health and advancing women's rights at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD, Cairo, 1994) and summarizes achievements made in the last decade.