In assessing the MDGs, contributors to this publiction are considering the broader challenges that must be confronted,including the undermining of multilateralism; increased armed conflict; emphasis on National Security at the expense of rights; and the intensification of globalization within the framework of the Washington Consensus. This includes the sharp imbalance in global trade relations. They ask what it means to engender what many women consider to be a flawed development process and they explore the kind of transformations needed in global power relations to achieve real equality.

By CONGO, NGO DPI Executive Committee and Millennium +5 NGO Network. A series of NGO open consultations are taking place in parallel to a number of ECOSOC Commissions and UN fora over the coming months. These consultations are an opportunity for NGOs to come together and present their priority areas for action that they wish governments to act upon at the Millennium +5 Event in September. These various inputs will be brought together into a compilation document to be submitted to the General Assembly in June. To register, use the email below.

A good source for up-to-date information. They are urging governments to formulate their commitments based on the Beijing Platform for Action, CEDAW and SC Res 1325.

Prepared by CWGL, DAWN, WEDO, NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, 1 June 2005