A small team of the APC women’s programme is in New York from 1-12, blogging and twitting from the UN headquarters.
While governments are busy reviewing the Beijing Platform of Action, civil society organisations are struggling to participate in the process, and are being kept at bay. Yet they are still managing to keep busy by organising side events, networking, and advocating for the inclusion of a women’s rights perspective in all the discussions.
APC is closely following the discussions about communications rights and the role ICTs play within this. Read GenderIT.org’s coverage.