In Progress
Asia-Pacific NGOs' Recommendations for WCAR
- Category: Women in Action 2001 September
- Year: 2001
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Background Note:
To prepare for the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerances (WCAR) that will be held in Durban, South Africa, non- government organisations from the Asia and the Pacific region met in Teheran, Iran (18-19 February 2001) and Kathmandu, Nepal (21-29 April 2001) and came up with two main lobby documents.
The first document, the WCAR Asia-Pacific NGO Declaration, explores issues such as globalisation, migration, trafficking in women and children, women in situations of armed conflict, gender and racism intersectionality, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the refugee situation, rights of Indigenous Peoples, and caste-based discrimination as experienced in the region. It recommends specific policies and languages for input into documents and agreements to come out from the WCAR. The second document is the WCAR NGO Programme of Action, which guides NGOs in their campaign and lobby efforts in the lead up to and beyond WCAR.
The RECOMMENDATIONS portion of the WCAR Asia Pacific NGO Declaration provides suggestions and reaction points to issues confronted by the peoples of the Asia-Pacific region.