Beijing+30 in the Netherlands: Reflect, Engage and Act Together for Gender Justice
On this page, you can find more information on the sessions that are planned for the campaign surrounding Beijing+30 and the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA).
1) Kick-off meeting: Beijing+30 and CSW69
By WO=MEN Dutch Gender Platform and Atria
Date: 14-10-2024
Time: 14.00 - 18.00 hrs
Location: Atria, Amsterdam
On Monday afternoon, 14 October, we will organise an annual kick-off meeting in preparation for the upcoming women's summit in New York: the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
This coming year is a special year. The agreements made between governments in 1995 in Beijing, at the Fourth World Conference on Women, still signify the key shared agenda to achieve gender equality and women's rights. These are called the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, or Beijing agenda in short. In 2025, UN Member States will celebarate achievements of these past 30 years and recommit to further this agenda.
2) Beijing+30 & the Triple Planetary Crisis: Women's Climate Leadership in Pakistan & the Philippines
By Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF) and CARE Netherlands
Date: 31-10-24
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Location: Humanity Hub, Den Haag
Language: Engels
More information tba soon.
3) Regional Beijing+30 meeting – civil society debriefing
By WO=MEN and others (tbc)
Date: 07-11-24
Time: 15.00-16:30
Location: Hybrid (location in The Hague to be announced)
Language: English (participants welcome to contribute in Dutch)
The
UNECE Regional Review of Beijing+30 takes place 21 - 22 October 2024 in Geneva. In the weekend prior to this formal review between Member States, a civil society forum is organised by
NGO CSW Geneva. Several WO=MEN staff and members will participate in (one or both of) these events. We will use this informal debriefing space to share experiences and reflections of these meetings, respond to questions, and consider implications for follow-up towards Beijing+30 in New York in March 2025.
To register, click
here.
4) Sex work, labour rights and the UN
By Mondiaal FNV and SekswerkExpertise
[Time and date tba soon], The HagueLanguage: English
Sex workers are a highly marginalized and diverse group of precarious workers who often face severe pushback, exclusion and harassment. How do sex workers’ rights translate to a UN context? How do you de-conflate sex work and trafficking? How can you be a feminist ally to sex workers? Learn more and ask all your questions in this session!
Sign-up link will follow soon.
5) Revitalizing collectivism as civil society organizations: movement building towards the revitalization of the CSW
By COC Netherlands, CHOICE for Youth & Sexuality and Hivos
Date: 20-11-24
Time: 13.00-17:00
Location to be announced soon.
Language: English
We find ourselves, as members of the broad Dutch civil society, navigating uncharted waters with the recent shift to a right-wing government. For many working on gender-related issues, this period has been marked by unexpected setbacks and new challenges. In light of the UN Women's call for revitalization in the lead-up to Beijing 30+, we view this moment as an opportunity for collective reflection and renewal, tapping into the ongoing revitalization process of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) spearheaded by UN Women.
The interactive session will be led by Joana Cavaco, known for her fierce advocacy and groundbreaking work in advancing gender equality, particularly through her leadership in mobilizing civil society efforts in global forums. Together, we will explore how to work more effectively toward systemic change, critically examining our relationship with the state as feminists and queer led organizations, while devising strategies for independent action in both the Development Cooperation sector and within the CSW process.
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6) Realizing inclusive peace and security - let's make it happen!
By PAX for Peace
More information tba soon.
7) Exploring the intersection: gender and disability in focus
By Liliane Fonds
Week of 16th of December, Online
Language: English
Details to be confirmed.
8) FFP - a new tool to revitalise Beijing +30?
By WO=MEN, Cordaid
More information tba soon.
9) CSW69 NGO Briefing
By OCW in collaboration with WO=MEN
More information tba soon.
10) [title tba soon]
By Oxfam Novib
More information tba soon.
11) We, Displaced Women: Leading the Transformation to Shape Peaceful Green Futures from Gender Justice to Climate Justice
By New Women Connectors
More information tba soon.
