[Gcap-mujeres] UNGASS Declaration

[Magaly Pineda]

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Received: 01/06/2006 04:06 PM AST
From: "ana agostino" <ana en icae.org.uy>
To: "GCAP Women" <gcap-women en apcwomen.org>Cc: gcap-mujeres en listas.chasque.net
Subject: [Gcap-mujeres] UNGASS Declaration

Dear friends,
It would be very good to add the FTF of GCAP to this demand. I propose that if
no one raises any objection, I will send our support first thing tomorrow
morning, to give time to all of you in different time zones. Thanks!
Ana

Queridas amigas,
la declaración está en inglés pero seguro en líneas generales entienden el
contenido. Creo que sería muy bueno sumar el apoyo del ETF. Si no hubiera
objeciones, envío nuestro apoyo mañana a primera hora.
Gracias!
Ana

ICAE
International Council for Adult Education
General Secretariat
18 de Julio 2095 apto. 301
11200 Montevideo - Uruguay
Tel/fax: (598-2) 409 7982
E-mail: ana en icae.org.uy
www.icae.org.uy 




WOMEN DEMAND ACTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY NOW!
Response from Women's Groups to the negotiations on the Political Declaration
for the UNGASS Review, 2006
 

We, women's groups (including women living with and affected by HIV/AIDS and
young women) monitoring the UNGASS Review Process, wish to express our
concerns about the negotiations around the Political Declaration that is to
emerge from this High Level Meeting. We strongly support and commend the role
of negotiators from the Rio Group, Canada, EU, Norway, Switzerland and Nigeria
in striving to retain and strengthen the commitments to women's rights made in
2001 by demanding clear targets and accountability.  However, .

 

We are outraged that critical women's rights issues that are central to the
goal of halting this pandemic--such as the right to health and the right to
live free of sexual coercion and violence, universal access to sexual and
reproductive health services and education, and protection of sexual and
reproductive rights of women and girls--are still up for negotiation.  We are
appalled that governments are still reluctant to commit to targets and
resources and to take responsibility to comprehensively protect and promote
women's rights, the lack of which fuels the pandemic.  Governments are
backtracking on commitments they are party to including the Declaration on
HIV/AIDS adopted in 2001, and related international and regional human rights
agreements and conventions.  

 

We demand that governments urgently commit to; implement, resource and monitor
the following actions:

 

Ø      Intensify efforts to increase the capacity of women and adolescent
girls to protect themselves from the risk of HIV-infection including by
creating and committing adequate resources to an enabling environment for the
empowerment of women; 

 

Ø      Protect and promote women's and girls' full enjoyment of all human
rights including their rights to have control and decide freely on all matters
related to their sexuality, including their sexual and reproductive health,
free of coercion, discrimination and violence, ensuring access to
comprehensive health care and health services, including male and female
condoms; and invest in the fast-track development of female controlled
prevention methods and microbicides. 

 

Ø      Ensure full access to comprehensive information and education,
including sexuality education

 

Ø      Strengthen women's economic independence; and reiterate the importance
of the role of men and boys in achieving gender equality.  

 

Ø      Commit to strengthening legal, policy, administrative and other
measures for the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against
women and girls, including harmful traditional practices, abuse, early and
forced marriage, rape, including marital rape and other forms of sexual
violence against women is addressed as an integral part of the national and
international HIV/AIDS response; and providing post-exposure prophylaxis to
women survivors of violence. 

 

Governments must fully guarantee that HIV prevention, treatment, care and
services are provided to all vulnerable populations, including women and girls
(especially in situations of conflicts and emergencies), active injecting drug
users, children, men who have sex with men, transgenders, youth, sex workers,
prisoners and migrant populations; and recognize and address the ways in which
the pandemic is racialized as well as gendered across the globe.  

 

Finally, we demand governments listen and respond to civil society, especially
women's groups and women living with HIV/AIDS, in setting of goals and
priorities, the determination of funding streams and program guidance, design,
planning, implementation and evaluation of HIV/AIDS policies and programs.  

 

  Women's rights are not negotiable. !          Don't miss another
opportunity! The time to act is NOW    

 

June 1, 2006

 

 

Aahung

Actionaid  International

Association for Women 's Rights in Development ( AWID)

Comision Nacional de Seguimiento

Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)

Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer. (FEIM)

Gender and Education Office of International Council for Adult Education
(GEO-ICAE)

International Women's Health Caucus (IWHC)

International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC)

International Working Group on Sexuality and Social Policy

Latin American Council of NGOs with AIDS Services (LACCASO)

Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL)

Mujer y Salud en Uruguay. MYSU

Red latinoamericana de Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir

Red Intra-PosMuros DDHH Internacional

Secretaria  Grupo de Mujeres del Argentina

Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)

Women for Women's Human Rights- New Ways

Youth Coalition






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  From: "Ana Agostino" <anaa en internet.com.uy>
  To: "Alejandra Scampini" <ascampini en hotmail.com>
  Subject: propuesta
  Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 23:04:56 -0300


  Aqui va Ale,
  gracias!
  Ana


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