United Nations Advocacy

Previous Statements

• April 21, 2006: The Women's Agenda for United Nations Reform, an interview with Charlotte Bunch, Executive Director of the Center for Women's Global Leadership, on the current United Nations reform drive, and what it means for women, by Kathambi Kinoti, AWID http://awid.org/go.php?stid=1590
• April 7, 2006: Advocates Call for UN Reform to Include a Needs Assessment of Women's Machineries, Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL), Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). (Word, PDF)
• March 16, 2006: Center for Women's Global Leadership statement on passage of Human Rights Council resolution (Word, PDF)
• March 9, 2006: NGOs make urgent appeal to UN member states to back Human Rights Council resolution - The following sign-on letter calls for the adoption by the General Assembly (GA) of the most recent draft resolution that would create a new Human Rights Council. Over sixty organizations signed this letter in support of the GA accepting this resolution. It is possible that the transition from the Commission on Human Rights to the new Human Rights Council will be formally made, through the adoption of the resolution, this week. (Word, PDF)
• March 6, 2006: An Open Letter on Women & UN Reform to the Secretary General and Member States from NGOs present at the 50th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (English, Spanish, French)
• February 27 - March 10, 2006: CWGL activities at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), February-March 2006
• November 1, 2005: The Center for Women's Global Leadership joins over 40 human rights organizations in demanding a credible United Nations Human Rights Council (Word, PDF)
• October 12, 2005: United Nations 2005 World Summit Outcomes: Gains on Gender Equality, Mixed Results on Poverty, Peace, and Human Rights (Word, PDF), prepared by Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL), Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), Family Care International, United Methodist UN Office, Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO).
• October 12, 2005: Documento Final de la Cumbre Mundial 2005 de Naciones Unidas: Resultados beneficiosos en relación a Igualdad de Género, Resultados Mixtos en relación a Pobreza, Paz, y Derechos Humanos (Word, PDF), prepared by Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL), Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), Family Care International, United Methodist UN Office, Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO).
• June 23 – 24, 2005: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, participated in the United Nations General Assembly Informal Interactive Hearings with NGOs, Civil Society, and the Private Sector, New York. To read her statement, click here.
• April 26, 2005: As a contribution to the discussions leading up to the Millennium Summit review, please find below the Center for Women's Global Leadership's (CWGL) initial comments, suggestions and recommendations in relation to the Secretary General's "In Larger Freedom: towards freedom, security and human rights for all" report. We have limited our scope primarily to the issues around human rights and the proposed Human Rights Council, gender equality and violence against women, civil society participation and a few other areas. We share these talking points as part of the development of strategies in the lead-up to September's 5-year review. We have recommended broad issues to consider as well as ideas for inclusion in any governmental national statements and in the Annex to the report. Talking Points on the Millennium Summit Review and Women's Human Rights (Word, PDF) (Spanish translation: Word, PDF)

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