Reports from the High-Level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Review of the BPFA in the Asia Pacific

October 26 - 29, 1999, Bangkok, Thailand

Statements

• Strategies for Empowerment of Women
  Statement by Neelam Gorne, Stree Aadnar Kendra, India

• A Rights Based Approach to Women's Health
  Statement by Akiko Domoto (Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development) on behalf of the Asia-Pacific NGO Caucus for ESCAP '99

• Statement of the Asia Pacific NGO Caucus

• Statement by Women's Voice and National Federation of Dalit Women

• Women and Armed Conflict -- Foreign Military Bases as a Source of Violence against Women

• Statement by Asia-Pacific NGO Caucus for ESCAP '99 Agenda Item 5(c):Political Empowerment of Women

• Rights-based Approach to the Empowerment of Women
  NGO Women's Caucus of the ESCAP 1999 Working Group

• Statement by the Economic Empowerment Working Group

• Economic Empowerment of Women - Pacific NGO Response
  Asia Pacific Women in Law and Development

• Statement on Trafficking in Women and Children

Onsite Reports

• Working with Women, Working with Media
  From Rina Jimenez David of the Women's Media Team / 29 October 1999

• Women In Armed Conflict And Peace Four Years After Beijing
  From Suchita Vemuri of the Women's Features Service of the Women's Media Team / 28 October 1999

• Women Breaking Away From Tradition
  From Fatma Salapuddin of the Women's Media Team / 28 October 1999

• Fiji: Minister for Women Urges Asia Pacific To Ratify CTBT
  From Adele Khan of the Women's Media Team / 28 October 1999

• Fiji: Fiji Minister Emphasises Gender Component In Policy
  From Adele Khan of the Women's Media Team / 28 October 1999

• Human Rights and Women's Rights Universal, Says Speaker at ESCAP Meet
  From Rina Jimenez David of the Women's Media Team / 28 October 1999

• Kampuchean Government Reaffirms Commitment to Women
  From Ung Vanna of the Women's Media Team / 28 October 1999

• Philippine Woman Representative Calls for Peace in Mindanao
  From Fatma Salapuddin of the Women's Media Team / 27 October 1999

• Philippine Women Officials Hold Differing Views on Gender Inequality
  From Fatma Salapuddin of the Women's Media Team / 27 October 1999

• Gender Stereotyping Still Prevalent in Malaysia, Says Head Delegate
  From Lim Siu Ching of the Women's Media Team / 27 October 1999

• Experts at UN Meet Say Women Hardest Hit by Asian Crisis
  From Rina Jimenez David of the Isis-UNIFEM Media Team / 27 October 1999

• NGO Preparatory Meeting
  From the Women's Feature Service / 26 October 1999

• Asia-Pacific Governments' BPFA Review Kicks Off
  From Adele Khan of the Women's Media Team / 26 October 1999

• Nepal Commits Anew to the Beijing Document
  From Babita Basnet of the Women's Media Team / 26 October 1999

• Thailand Has Made Progress in Law to Promote Women's Rights
  From Chitraporn Vanaspong of the Women's Media Team / 26 October 1999

• Asia-Pacific Governments Review Beijing Document
  From Lim Siu Ching of the Women's Media Team / 26 October 1999

• How Erap Government Values Women
  From Rina Jimenez-David of the Women's Media Team / 26 October 1999

• Cambodia States Commitment to Women in Regional High-Level Government Meet
  From Ung Vanna of the Women's Media team / 26 October 1999