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1.Date Added to Site: Monday, 1st March 2010
TitleWebsite: 2010 Global Forum for Women: Beijing +15 – Shadow Reports
AuthorThe NGO Committee on the Status of Women, NY
Document TypeTool
Publication DateFebruary 2010
SummaryThis webpage lists shadow reports submitted to the NGO Forum of 54th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, which is focusing on the Fifteen-year Review of the Beijing Platform for Action.
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2.Date Added to Site: Monday, 1st March 2010
TitleWebsite: 2010 Global Forum for Women: Beijing +15
AuthorNGO Committee on the Status of Women
Document TypeTool
Publication DateFebruary 2010
SummaryThis website hosts background materials to the Global Women's Forum on the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, including a notes of a moderated online discussion and a number of Shadow Reports from various NGOs.
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3.Date Added to Site: Monday, 1st March 2010
TitleIn Depth Report - Beijing +15 - Fifteen-year Review of the Beijing Platform for Action
AuthorChoike
Document TypeTool
Publication DateFebruary 2010
SummaryThis web in-depth report provides links to official United Nations information and reports, to the outcome of regional meetings held by civil society groups, to materials from non-governmental organisations and to country reports and documents from United Nations regional commissions.
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4.Date Added to Site: Monday, 1st March 2010
TitleBeijing and Beyond: Putting Gender Economics at the Forefront. Fifteeen Years after the IV World Conference on Women (in English and Spanish)
AuthorCardona, N., Duhagon, E. and Hamed, A. eds
Document TypeReport
Publication DateFebruary 2010
SummaryThis occasional paper includes thematic reports where civil society organisations from different regions and countries analyse achievements and setbacks on the status of women and girls since 1995.
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5.Date Added to Site: Monday, 1st March 2010
TitleAfrica Regional NGO Shadow Report for the Beijing +15 Review. A Regional Analysis on the Status of Women 15 Years after the Adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
AuthorThe African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)
Document TypeReport
Publication DateNovember 2009
SummaryThrough this document, African women's NGOs report on the progress, gaps and challenges experienced in the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in West, East and Southern Africa.
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6.Date Added to Site: Monday, 1st March 2010
TitleWeaving Wisdom, Confronting Crises, Forging the Future - Final Declaration of the Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing +15
AuthorAsia Pacific Women's Watch
Document TypePolicy Document
Publication DateOctober 2009
SummaryThis document outlines progress and challenges in the implementation of the BPfA in the Asia Pacific region and reaffirms the commitment of women's organisations to strengthen the women's movement across the region.
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7.Date Added to Site: Monday, 1st March 2010
TitleWebsite: Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing +15
AuthorAsia Pacific Women's Watch (APWW)
Document TypeTool
Publication DateNovember 2009
SummaryThis site outlines the Asia Pacific Forum on Beijing +15 which took place in October 2009. Links are provided to a number of presentations given at the event both in audio and written formats.
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8.Date Added to Site: Monday, 1st March 2010
TitleBeijing +15 - How Far Have we Come? How Far to Go? - Assessing the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in Kenya
AuthorAssociation of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK) et al.
Document TypeReport
Publication DateNovember 2009
SummaryThis Beijing +15 Shadow Report reflects progress and gaps in the promotion and protection of women's human rights in Kenya and gives recommendations for action.
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9.Date Added to Site: Monday, 1st March 2010
TitleSocial Watch Gender Equity Index 2009 (GEI) (in English and Spanish)
AuthorSocial Watch
Document TypeTool
Publication DateFebruary 2010
SummaryThe Gender Equity Index (GEI) aims to make gender inequities more visible and monitor their evolution at national level.
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10.Date Added to Site: Monday, 1st March 2010
TitleWords and Deeds. Holding Governments Accountable in the Beijing +15 Review Process
AuthorEquality Now
Document TypeReport
Publication DateFebruary 2010
SummaryThis report highlights a sampling of sex-discriminatory laws that remain in force in 36 countries around the world.
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11.Date Added to Site: Wednesday, 31st March 2010
TitleVideos: Talking about Section J
AuthorMoolmans, J. eds
Document TypeTool
Publication DateFebruary 2010
SummaryThis selection of video interviews contains experiences and testimonials on the role of the media and ICTs in promoting gender equality, with a specific focus on Section J of the Beijing Platform for Action, concerning women and the media.
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12.Date Added to Site: Wednesday, 31st March 2010
TitleWomen and Gender Equality Texts Included in Outcome of Copenhagen: “Draft Decisions Presented to the Conference of the Parties at its Fifteenth Session for Consideration and Adoption
AuthorWomen’s Environment and Development Organisation (WEDO)
Document TypePolicy Document
Publication DateFebruary 2010
SummaryThis document presents some recommendations put forward by the Women's Environment and Development Organisation (WEDO) to mainstream gender in in the Outcome document of the Copenhagen summit on climate change.
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13.Date Added to Site: Wednesday, 31st March 2010
TitleVideo: Video Games for Social Change
AuthorBoisvert, H.
Document TypeTool
Publication DateMarch 2010
SummaryThis video gives some examples of how video games can be used for positive social change, but how they rarely address issues of gender equality.
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14.Date Added to Site: Wednesday, 31st March 2010
TitleImpact of the Global Economic Crises on Civil Society Organizations
AuthorHanfstaeng, E-M
Document TypeReport
Publication DateFebruary 2010
SummaryThis study assesses the impact of the economic crisis on civil society organisations and includes a report and some case studies.
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15.Date Added to Site: Tuesday, 30th March 2010
TitleChinese Women’s NGOs Report on “Beijing+15”, All-China Women's Federation (in Chinese and English)
AuthorChinese Women’s Research Society
Document TypeReport
Publication DateOctober 2009
SummaryThis document provides an in-depth review and evaluation of the Chinese government's progress since the World Conference on Women, in particular since the “Beijing +10” Conference.
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16.Date Added to Site: Tuesday, 30th March 2010
TitleCosting and Financing 1325. Estimating the Resources Needed to Implement Women, Peace and Security Resolutions at the National Level (draft)
AuthorNicola Popovic
Document TypeGender Country Profile
Publication DateJanuary 2010
SummaryThis paper, presented at the Commission on the Status of Women 54th session, focuses on the cost and funding of implementing resolution 1325 at national level.
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17.Date Added to Site: Tuesday, 30th March 2010
TitleOlder Women and Beijing: 15 Years on
AuthorSleap, B.
Document TypeBackground Document
Publication DateJanuary 2010
SummaryThis briefing note looks at the extent that actions recommended from the BPfA in relation to older women have been implemented and to what extent older women and population ageing are priorities for future action.
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18.Date Added to Site: Tuesday, 30th March 2010
TitleThe ‘J Spot’ at the 54th CSW: Celebrating Women’s Social Networking is not Enough
AuthorJensen, H.
Document TypeBackground Document
Publication DateJanuary 2010
SummaryThis article by genderIT looks at how Section J of the Beijing Platform for Action, termed the 'J Spot', which examines women and the media, is not present in this year's intergovernmental and other official debates or proposed resolutions.
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19.Date Added to Site: Tuesday, 30th March 2010
TitleFrom Beijing to Brussels: an Unfinished Journey (in English and French)
AuthorEuropean Women's Lobby (EWL)
Document TypeReport
Publication DateJanuary 2010
SummaryThis report from European Women's Lobby highlights steps taken by the European Union which address certain elements of the 12 critical areas of concern identified in BPfA.
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20.Date Added to Site: Tuesday, 30th March 2010
TitleCivil Society Statement Concerning Beijing +15 Process Review at Commission on the Status of Women (in English and Spanish)
AuthorWomen in Development Europe (WIDE) et al.
Document TypePolicy Document
Publication DateMarch 2010
SummaryThis civil society statement expresses deep concern that the spaces for influencing decision-making by women's organisations at the Beijing+15 Review have been significantly reduced.
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