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VOW at the UN

Published Monday, March 9, 2009 By Sarah. Under Our Work

VOW is one of the non-governmental organizations (NGO) cited by UNESCO’s standing committee in the working group report entitled “The Contribution of Women to the Culture of Peace”. An accredited NGO to the United Nations, affiliated to the Department of Public Information (DPI) and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), VOW was the Canadian lead group for peace at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. Members have been active in follow-up activities, including writing the chapter, “Women and Peace” in Take Action for Equality, Development and Peace.

VOW at the UN Session of the CSW

Every year, we attend the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at UN headquarters in New York and invite our members to attend.

To view the work of the Commission see: www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw

Secretariat and the Canadian Mission to the United Nations.

Learn more about the CSW and how the UN works.

2008 United Nations ECOSOC agreed to conclusions.

CWS 2008 – VOW Statement.

Read about the GEAR Campaign (Gender Equality Architcture Reform) at the UN.

Links to the Divisions of the United Nations

United Nations online.

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

Department of Public Information (DPI)

Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

Declarations on Women, Peace & Human Rights

VOW was the lead Canadian Group at United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing. Developed in 1985, the Beijing Declaration – Action for Equality, Development and Peace is often quoted and referred to at the United Nations and amongst women’s groups around the world.

CEDAW -Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women

Universal Declaration of Human Rights