[Gcap-mujeres] RE: [Gcap-women] DECLARATION ON WOMEN AND FOOD CRISIS
Alejandra Scampini
Alejandra.Scampini en actionaid.org
Mar Sep 23 17:56:41 UYT 2008
Thanks to all of you who are supporting this declaration
Let´s keep reading what is happening in NY and see how we continue the momentum and the collaboration
Alejandra
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From: gcap-women-bounces en lists.apcwomen.org [mailto:gcap-women-bounces en lists.apcwomen.org] On Behalf Of Charlotte Bunch
Sent: 22 September 2008 17:51
To: helene en mondefemmes.org; Women for Global Call Against Poverty
Cc: 'GCAP Women'; 'CCAP Mujeres'
Subject: Re: [Gcap-women] DECLARATION ON WOMEN AND FOOD CRISIS
Center for Women's Global Leadership is happy to sign. charlotte
:
>
> Dear friends,
> queridas amigas (español abajo),
> As you know, the HLE on the MDGs is already next week and there is a
> particular concern around the lack of progress on MDG 3.
> You will recall the initiative sent by Alejandra inviting us to issue
> a statement on women and the food crisis. There has been a lot of
> progress on this as a result of the combined effort of several
> organisations. I am attaching the final version in English and will
> circulate the Spanish one a bit later today. Please indicate if you
> will like to add your name/ the name of your organisation. We will
> give distribute it broadly while in New York and use it as an
> important advocacy tool.
> We look forward to your signatures, comments and support. Thanks!
> Ana
> Queridas amigas,
> ya la próxima semana comienza el evento de alto nivel en torno a los
> ODM con una preocupación especial por la falta de avances en torno al
> objetivo 3.
> Recordarán que hace poco Alejandra nos convocó a preparar un
> comunicado sobre las mujeres y la crisis alimentaria. Hemos avanzado
> mucho en esto gracias al trabajo conjunto de varias organizaciones.
> Les adjunto la versión final en inglés y la versión en español la
> enviaré seguramente esta tarde.
> Les agradecemos que nos indiquen si desean sumarse con su firma / la
> firma de vuestra organización a esta declaración. Le vamos a dar una
> amplia difusión en Nueva York y la usaremos como una herramienta
> importante de incidencia.
> Esperamos vuestras firmas, comentarios y apoyo. Gracias!
> Un abrazo,
> Ana
>
> * From: * Alejandra Scampini
> <mailto:Alejandra.Scampini en actionaid.org>
>
> * To: * gcap-women-bounces en lists.apcwomen.org
> <mailto:gcap-women-bounces en lists.apcwomen.org> ;
> gcap-women en apcwomen.org <mailto:gcap-women en apcwomen.org>
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> * Cc: * RosaenCasa en aol.com <mailto:RosaenCasa en aol.com>
>
> * Sent: * Friday, September 05, 2008 10:08 AM
>
> * Subject: * [Gcap-women] WHAT IS AT STAKE FOR WOMEN IN
> THE CONTEXT OF FOODCRISIS
>
> Dear women,
>
> As you know the UN Secretary-General and the President of
> the UN General Assembly will convene a *High-level Event
> on the Millennium Development Goals at UN Headquarters in
> * * New York on 25 September 2008. *
>
> We are the halfway point towards the target date, some
> significant progress has been made, true, but urgent and
> increased efforts are needed by all stakeholders in order
> to meet the Goals by 2015. */Does this sound familiar/*/? /
>
> Groups such as GCAP, African NGOs and Networks, ActionAid
> and its HungerFree Campaign, and others are reuniting
> again and collaborating since they are considering this
> another opportunity to tell world leaders that reviewing
> is just not enough, that we need to move towards action NOW.
>
> Some of us are also analyzing how the MDGs specific plans
> and proposals will specially target the recent challenge
> of */Rising Food Prices/*. As we, women, improve our
> analysis of this analysis, we are also witnessing sad
> stories about how this is impacting on the capacity of
> children women and men have a dignified life and their
> human rights being eroded. Food crisis, among other
> things, is impacting on nutritional levels, income of
> households, and number of more people suffering from
> hunger and impoverishment increases too.
>
> In early 2008, the UN Secretary-General assembled a food
> crisis task force of UN agencies, which put together and
> is carrying out a coordinated action plan to improve
> agricultural capacity and access to food. This task force
> is gender blind and ActionAid is among other civil society
> groups participating in it to promote inclusion of a
> women's rights analysis.
>
> Many of us are also actively participating in other issues
> that are also interrelated such as Aid effectiveness,
> Financing for Development and Challenges to achieve MDGs
> in Africa . It may be good to unity our efforts and
> analysis and prepare some concrete actions for September:
>
> * In a context of very limited CSO participation, I see
> here some concrete opportunities: *
>
> 1. One, bring back again our analysis on MDGs, recover
> some of that energy and ask the groups that will be
> in NY to disseminate our messages and policy asks. I
> have tried to make an attempt of a statement we had
> worked also with Marcela Ballara from FAO. It would
> be very good if we pull together a declaration and
> ask for sign ons. See drafts attached. We need to
> come up with a mixture of MDGs and Food crisis
> context Experience of WEDO, DAWN, FTF GCAP, AWID,
> CGWL and others is very much needed to pull a strong
> document that also talks to aid effectiveness, FfD.
> Also some boxes with concrete voices from groups
> working with rural women. * Deadline: 12 September??
> * * *
>
> 2. The second intervention we may have is to comment on
> the */Task force on Food Crisis document./* We have
> not much time for this. Please see document
> attached. It would be good if we have also
> communication with Agencies working on this such as
> UNDP, UNIFEM, FAO, WFP, UNICEF, etc. We could
> organize conversations with our friends inside those
> spaces as to see how we can more effectively work
> together and even think of a representation of
> women's groups inside that task force.
>
> 3. */ GCAP Tribunals on Poverty /* . Use that
> opportunity to showcase our demands. I am sure you
> are already planning lots of actions. May be we
> could pull together videos, posters, testimonies and
> send it to FTF GCAP?
>
> Well hope I have captured your attention and interest.
> Rosa, Ana we could also engage GEAR campaign girls in this??
>
> Let´s continue talking
>
> Beijos from sunny Rio
>
> Alejandra Scampini
>
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