In this week's Update, you will find Part 2 of my report on the Nov. 20-23 National Women's Conference, as well as a notice about an open house for Hagar Women's Center in East Palo Alto, a way to contribute to a Time Magazine special issue on shapers of the 20th century, and a request for memorabilia from the Beijing Conference.
CORRECTION: The web site for Living the Legacy, honoring 1998 as the 150th anniversary of the Seneca Falls conference on women's rights is http://www.legacy98.org.
WOMENWATCH is a joint initiative of three entities in the UN system and serves as an internet gateway to UN information and data on women and follow-up to Beijing. http://www.un.org/womenwatch
NATIONAL COMMITTEE on CEDAW (the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women) works to have CEDAW moved out of Sen. Helms' Foreign Relations Committee to be ratified (It was signed by Pres. Carter!). Address:
c/o Billie HillerPsychologists for Social Responsibility, STATUS OF WOMEN COMMITTEE was formed to focus on women's issues and their relationship to peace. http://www.rmc.edu/psysr/statusofwomen/index.html
ERASUMMIT is a coalition of organizations and individuals working to complete the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Address:
P.O. Box 15464CENTER for WOMEN'S GLOBAL LEADERSHIP develops and facilitates women's global leadership towards women's human rights and social justice worldwide. Its 1998 Global Campaign for Women's Human Rights will run from Dec. 10, 1997, through Dec. 10, 1998, the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Address:
CWGL, Douglass CollegeWOMEN IN COMMUNITY SERVICE (WICS) is a national nonprofit organization working to reduce the number of young women living in poverty by promoting self-reliance and economic independence. Address:
1900 N. Beauregard Street, Suite 103WOMEN'S POLICY, INC. is a nonprofit whose mission is to provide nonpartisan public policy researach and information services to policy makers, policy advocates, and the public on issues important to women and families. It was formed after the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues lost its funding in 1995. Address:
409 12th Street, SW, Suite 705,INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S POLICY RESEARCH (IWPR) is an an independent scientific research organization, established in 1987 to conduct and disseminate research that informs public policy debates on isssues that affect women's lives. Policy areas are poverty and welfare, family and work, health care/domestic violence, and employment. A recent publication is "The Status of Women in the States," looking at women's political participation, economic autonomy, health, employment and earnings, and reproductive rights. Four-page Research-in-Brief summaries are available for free. Address:
1400 20th Street, NW, Suite 104The open house will feature a reading and book signing by Jewell Taylor Gibbs, author of "Race and Justice."
From: Mary Ruthsdotter
National Women's History Project
Ph: (707) 838-6000
Time Magazine asks for your suggestions of the most important people of the 20th Century, for a special series to debut on newstands during March 1998, with simultaneously broadcast television specials. It is imperative that the lists represent women's contributions. Here are their categories: Warriors and Statesment (sic), Entertainers and Artists, Builders and Titans, Scientists and Healers, Heroes and Adventurers.
Register your nominations via their website:
http://www.pathfinder.com/@@tKywFAZAFwybmDe*/time/
Then click on the box, "Who Defines the 20th Century."
OR, write to them at:
Lyn Reese of Berkeley, California, is working with teachers in Stanislaus Country, giving workshops on women's world history and creating a women's history trunk. She has presented information about the Beijing Conference and would like to include one of the Esprit bags from the conference for the history trunk, as well as brochures, buttons, a conference newspaper, etc. Does anyone have an extra bag or know where one could buy one? Contact Lyn at Lynreese@aol.com or 510-524-0304.
This online update, published weekly in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, covers events, resources, and information related to follow-up to the UN Fourth World Conference on Women and the issues covered in the Platform for Action document. You are encouraged to send in information and news to Judy Kramer at jahkramer@aol.com. Past updates are available on the web at http://womenswork.org/beijing-sf/