groupes en action

Linked with our presentation of Grace Antonia D’Almeida – Benin.

Linked also with our presentation of UNFPA.

REFAMP was created with a view to promoting greater access by African women to decision-making posts. Through this network, women ministers and parliamentarians decided to unite and form a pressure group to defend the interests of women and ensure the promotion and protection of their rights, improve their living conditions, and work towards sustainable peace and development.

REFAMP’s sub-regional conference on women’s role in the prevention and management of conflicts in West Africa was held in Conakry from the 24th to the 26th of January, 2000. The purpose of the conference was to give the women of the sub-region the opportunity to express their concerns, sharee their experiences and exchange ideas so as to devise strategies and co-ordinate their activities towards the prevention and management of conflicts. FAS and the AWCPD participated in the conference.

The outcome of the conference was the Conakry Declaration and Plan of Action. The Declaration recognised the need for the protection of civilian populations, re-establishment of public order and disarmament, social reintegration, repatriation, and re-adaptation of refugees and respect for human rights and democracy.

At the end of the meeting, they launched a sub-regional network known as UREFAMP/ECOWAS.

ECOWAS = Economic Community of West African States.

Trouvé sur RISAL – Réseau d’information et de solidarité avec l’Amérique latine.

Source : Ecoportal.net, décembre 2005.

Par Gustavo Castro S. – Les ouragans, les tempêtes et les catastrophes naturelles qui s’abattent sur le monde ont accéléré la pauvreté non seulement dans les pays du Sud mais aussi dans ceux du Nord eux-mêmes. La Chine, l’Inde, le Salvador, le Mexique, le Guatemala, les Etats-Unis, parmi beaucoup d’autres, subissent des « phénomènes naturels » jamais vus. Mais ces catastrophes naturelles sont aussi le résultat de catastrophes politiques et économiques. Plus de trente années d’un modèle de production et de consommation néolibérales qui nous a conduit à une consommation excessive de papier, d’eau, d’énergie électrique, de produits chimiques, etc., qui a provoqué la déforestation que l’on sait, l’interruption et l’altération du cycle de l’eau. Le protocole de Kyoto est arrivé trop tard et la disparition de la couche d’ozone et le changement climatique provoquent déjà de grands ravages qui accélèrent la l’émigration de pays pauvres vers les plus riches.

Le plus ironique est que les migrants, fruit de l’expulsion que génère le modèle économique de production et d’exploitation capitaliste, se concentrent dans les pays responsables de la politique qui les a obligés à quitter leurs propres foyers pour être doublement exploités. Ils perdent maisons, terres, famille, culture et, comme si cela ne suffisait pas, une grande partie de leurs maigres revenus, en les envoyant à leurs familles dans leur pays d’origine.

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Linked with our presentation of V. Mohini Giri – India.

Linked also with our presentation of Transforming Approaches to Conflict Resolution.

The Guild of Service (North India ) was begun in 1972 under the Chairpersonship of Dr. Mohini Giri (Former Chairperson National Commission for Women and Founder President of War Widows Associations) with the mandate of empowerment of marginalized women and children . Since then the Guilld of Service has embarked on ultidimensional programs aimed towards capacity building of women both through advocacy and grass root work. All the members of Guild of Service give their services and talents ex gratia. This voluntary commitment is really the culture of Guild of Service. Its strength and vision.

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Linked with our presentation of Bahey El-Din Hassan – Egypt.

Bahey eldin Hassan, Director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, CIHRS, presents the Provisional « Electoral » Conclusions:

The Majority of the voters (75% + almost 10 millions unregistered) have turned their back to the electoral process , they don’t believe in its integrity and fairness, whether parliamentary or presidential .

However, the political composition of the new parliament reflects the reality of half a century of political desertification of Egypt, and the dominance of religious discourse.

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Linked with our presentation of Bahey El-Din Hassan – Egypt.

The Executive Committee consists of 12 members representing human rights organizations. The new formation of the Executive Committee therewith includes representatives from Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Morocco, Tunisia, France, Ireland, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway. EMHRN was established in 1997 « to contribute to the protection and promotion of the human rights principles embodied in the Barcelona Declaration of November 1995 and in the bilateral association agreements between the EU and its Mediterranean partners. » Today, more than 60 organizations from 20 different countries from the Euro-Mediterranean region are members in the network.

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