[August 2012] After months of consultations, a number of women’s rights groups and other Non-governmental organizations have come to the following conclusions regarding the proposal to have a Fifth World Conference on Women or other commemoration of Beijing Plus 20:

1. A reaffirmation of commitment from Member States of the United Nations to the full implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action at its 20th year anniversary is critical. It is also paramount to galvanize political commitment to all other UN Resolutions and Agreements that seek to achieve gender equality, women’s equal participation in decision-making, implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security- particularly 1325 and 1820.

2. This reaffirmation of commitment must entail mobilizing strong political will and financial resources devoted to the former’s full implementation.

3. Events designed for this purpose should NOT entail an inter-governmental negotiation

4. The preferred modality for such an occasion is a High Level Meeting that is fully inclusive of civil society- particularly women’s organizations and other NGOs that work for gender equality and women’s empowerment, to be celebrated at the United Nations Seventieth Session of the General Assembly in 2015.

African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)

Afghan Women's Network

Arab Network for Tolerance

Armenian Relief Society

Asia Pacific Women’s Watch (APWW)

Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW)

Association for Women’s Rights and Development (AWID)

Bahai International Community

Breakthrough

Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL)

Center for Women in Governance (CEWIGO), Uganda

Centro de Educacion  e Investigacion para la Paz (CEIPAZ), Spain

Collective for Research & Training on Development – Action (CRTD-A)

Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)

FemLINKPACIFIC

Fountain Isoko for Good Governance and Integrated Development, Burundi

Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer (FEIM)

Global Fund for Women

Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP)

Hague Appeal for Peace

Institute for Human Rights Communication, Nepal

International Civil Society Action Network

International Council of Jewish Women

International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region

International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC)

Lira Rural Women & Children Development Initiative Transit Shelter (LIRWOCDI), Uganda

Media Advocacy Group, Nepal

Middle East and North Africa Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflicts (MENAPPAC)

National Network Against Domestic Violence – Nepal

National Network for Beijing Review – Nepal

National Women Security Watch Group (NWSW), Nepal

NGO CSW – Geneva

Non Violence Network in the Arab Countries

Peace Building Academy (PBA) – MENA

Permanent Peace Movement (PPM) –MENA

Rural Women Peace Link, Kenya

SAATHI – Nepal

SERVITAS Cameroon

Social Development Initiative (SDI) – MENA

Soroptimist International

South Asian Campaign for Gender Equality (SACGE)

UN Coordinator for Armenian Relief Society

Voice of the Voiceless, Liberia

WAVE – Women against Violence Europe Network

West Africa Network for Peacebuilding  (WANEP)  Nigeria

Women Allies Peacebuilders Network, Burundi

Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)

Women for Justice in Africa

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WIPLF)

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, DRC

Women in Peacebuilding Network, Liberia

Women Peace Initiatives-Uganda

World Federalist Movement

World YWCA

Zonta International

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